---
name: "Sam's Desperate Rescue"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "556"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Lixin Yin"
oracle_id: "5a3336f1-614a-4b3f-8752-522a34d0417a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sams-desperate-rescue-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sam's Desperate Rescue
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. The Ring tempts you.

> *"By all the signs, there's a large warrior loose, with an Elf-sword, and an axe as well maybe." Gorbag spat. Sam smiled grimly at this description of himself.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Recover](/printing/recover-inv.md) — Sorcery
2. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
3. [Raise Dead](/printing/raise-dead-leb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Return to Battle](/printing/return-to-battle-ptk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Rise Again](/printing/rise-again-m21.md) — Sorcery
6. [Soul Salvage](/printing/soul-salvage-dom.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #556
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Lixin Yin
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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