---
name: "Relentless Dead"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "PSOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad Promos"
collector_number: "131s"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Ryan Yee"
oracle_id: "7404c078-228b-4296-bf1f-62f57bf832d9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/relentless-dead-psoi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Relentless Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, return it to its owner's hand.
When this creature dies, you may pay {X}. If you do, return another target Zombie creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deadhead](/printing/deadhead-ugl.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Graf Harvest](/printing/graf-harvest-j22.md) — Enchantment
3. [Death Tyrant](/printing/death-tyrant-afc.md) — Creature — Beholder Skeleton
4. [Tenacious Dead](/printing/tenacious-dead-m14.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
5. [Two-Headed Zombie](/printing/two-headed-zombie-m19.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Project Deathlok Soldier](/printing/project-deathlok-soldier-msh.md) — Artifact Creature — Zombie Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad Promos (PSOI) #131s
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Ryan Yee
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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