---
name: "Invade the City"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: ["Amass"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "WAR-201"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Sung Choi"
oracle_id: "583a4744-89fb-4bd6-8d4c-c3d845e2e19c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/invade-the-city-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Invade the City
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Amass

## Oracle Text
Amass Zombies X, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)

> *Death greeted the world with a roar of desert air.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Relentless Advance](/printing/relentless-advance-war.md) — Sorcery
2. [Invading Manticore](/printing/invading-manticore-war.md) — Creature — Zombie Manticore
3. [Widespread Brutality](/printing/widespread-brutality-pwar.md) — Sorcery
4. [Commence the Endgame](/printing/commence-the-endgame-war.md) — Instant
5. [Toll of the Invasion](/printing/toll-of-the-invasion-war.md) — Sorcery
6. [Gleaming Overseer](/printing/gleaming-overseer-war.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #WAR-201
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Sung Choi
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`