---
name: "Midnight Ritual"
mana_cost: "{X}{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "10E"
set_name: "Tenth Edition"
collector_number: "158"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jeff Easley"
oracle_id: "389ad507-8a14-4856-8d19-c90e3104aca8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/midnight-ritual-10e"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Midnight Ritual
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Exile X target creature cards from your graveyard. For each creature card exiled this way, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

> *深深埋葬老朋友，否则他们会带着虫来见你。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ritual of the Returned](/printing/ritual-of-the-returned-jou.md) — Instant
2. [Hour of Eternity](/printing/hour-of-eternity-hou.md) — Sorcery
3. [Vile Rebirth](/printing/vile-rebirth-m14.md) — Instant
4. [Corpseweft](/printing/corpseweft-dtk.md) — Enchantment
5. [Graveyard Marshal](/printing/graveyard-marshal-m19.md) — Creature — Zombie Soldier
6. [Shamble Back](/printing/shamble-back-soi.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tenth Edition (10E) #158
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jeff Easley
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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