---
name: "Recurring Nightmare"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "EXO"
set_name: "Exodus"
collector_number: "72"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jeff Laubenstein"
oracle_id: "a6708b11-1bcd-4208-a967-fe91f2e3313c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/recurring-nightmare-exo"
legalities:
  commander: "banned"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Recurring Nightmare
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Malevolent Awakening](/printing/malevolent-awakening-ody.md) — Enchantment
2. [Chthonian Nightmare](/printing/chthonian-nightmare-mh3.md) — Enchantment
3. [No Rest for the Wicked](/printing/no-rest-for-the-wicked-plst.md) — Enchantment
4. [Hell's Caretaker](/printing/hells-caretaker-leg.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Endbringer's Revel](/printing/endbringers-revel-pcy.md) — Enchantment
6. [Come Back Wrong](/printing/come-back-wrong-dsk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Exodus (EXO) #72
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jeff Laubenstein
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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