---
name: "Raise Dead"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "7ED"
set_name: "Seventh Edition"
collector_number: "157★"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "cbc9c731-181a-4f00-a7b0-eb7e56eac2ea"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/raise-dead-7ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Raise Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

> *The earth cannot hold that which magic commands.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
2. [Rise Again](/printing/rise-again-m21.md) — Sorcery
3. [Spellmorph Raise Dead](/printing/spellmorph-raise-dead-cmb1.md) — Instant
4. [Return to Battle](/printing/return-to-battle-ptk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Recover](/printing/recover-inv.md) — Sorcery
6. [Zombify](/printing/zombify-wc03.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Seventh Edition (7ED) #157★
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 114 across all historical editions

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