---
name: "March of the Drowned"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "112"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ben Wootten"
oracle_id: "e9e55768-ed62-4998-9922-dbcdeab12aee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/march-of-the-drowned-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# March of the Drowned
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Return two target Pirate cards from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grim Captain's Call](/printing/grim-captains-call-xln.md) — Sorcery
2. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
3. [Return from Extinction](/printing/return-from-extinction-mh1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Morbid Plunder](/printing/morbid-plunder-td2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Aphetto Dredging](/printing/aphetto-dredging-h09.md) — Sorcery
6. [Raise the Draugr](/printing/raise-the-draugr-khm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #112
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ben Wootten
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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