---
name: "Malevolent Awakening"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "147"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alex Horley-Orlandelli"
oracle_id: "522fc178-d11a-4919-83b0-e58453e3a160"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/malevolent-awakening-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Malevolent Awakening
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{1}{B}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Endbringer's Revel](/printing/endbringers-revel-pcy.md) — Enchantment
2. [Font of Return](/printing/font-of-return-jou.md) — Enchantment
3. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
4. [Recurring Nightmare](/printing/recurring-nightmare-vma.md) — Enchantment
5. [Edgar's Awakening](/printing/edgars-awakening-vow.md) — Sorcery
6. [Hell's Caretaker](/printing/hells-caretaker-leg.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #147
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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