---
name: "Rescue from the Underworld"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "THS"
set_name: "Theros"
collector_number: "102"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "7217ea53-3685-48d6-9df1-58a551f8c979"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rescue-from-the-underworld-ths"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Rescue from the Underworld
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Choose target creature card in your graveyard. Return that card and the sacrificed card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of your next upkeep. Exile Rescue from the Underworld.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blood for Bones](/printing/blood-for-bones-m20.md) — Sorcery
2. [Grave Exchange](/printing/grave-exchange-avr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Desperate Plea](/printing/desperate-plea-tle.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
4. [Malevolent Awakening](/printing/malevolent-awakening-ody.md) — Enchantment
5. [Victimize](/printing/victimize-afc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Hell's Caretaker](/printing/hells-caretaker-leg.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros (THS) #102
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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