---
name: "Postmortem Lunge"
mana_cost: "{X}{B/P}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "70"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "aacd1aae-1bf0-43e4-99f4-c6d738af812c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/postmortem-lunge-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Postmortem Lunge
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B/P}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)
Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bond of Revival](/printing/bond-of-revival-ajmp.md) — Sorcery
2. [Gruesome Encore](/printing/gruesome-encore-mbs.md) — Sorcery
3. [Corpse Lunge](/printing/corpse-lunge-isd.md) — Instant
4. [Shallow Grave](/printing/shallow-grave-mir.md) — Instant
5. [Morgue Burst](/printing/morgue-burst-dgm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Reanimate](/printing/reanimate-uma.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #70
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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