---
name: "Spiteful Returned"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Bestow"]
set: "BNG"
set_name: "Born of the Gods"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "e7e60afe-5ddf-406b-86e1-e82e2a660432"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spiteful-returned-bng"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spiteful Returned
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Bestow

## Oracle Text
Bestow {3}{B} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Whenever this creature or enchanted creature attacks, defending player loses 2 life.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Baleful Eidolon](/printing/baleful-eidolon-ths.md) — Enchantment Creature — Spirit
2. [Spirespine](/printing/spirespine-jou.md) — Enchantment Creature — Beast
3. [Erebos's Emissary](/printing/ereboss-emissary-ths.md) — Enchantment Creature — Snake
4. [Sinister Possession](/printing/sinister-possession-dgm.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Spiteful Shadows](/printing/spiteful-shadows-dka.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Nyxborn Eidolon](/printing/nyxborn-eidolon-bng.md) — Enchantment Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Born of the Gods (BNG) #84
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`