---
name: "Strands of Night"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "82"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Patrick Kochakji"
oracle_id: "0e8ae1f7-8926-414a-8434-db0b0f877505"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/strands-of-night-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Strands of Night
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{B}{B}, Pay 2 life, Sacrifice a Swamp: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phyrexian Reclamation](/printing/phyrexian-reclamation-tdc.md) — Enchantment
2. [Malevolent Awakening](/printing/malevolent-awakening-ody.md) — Enchantment
3. [Font of Return](/printing/font-of-return-jou.md) — Enchantment
4. [Return of the Nightstalkers](/printing/return-of-the-nightstalkers-p02.md) — Sorcery
5. [Rise Again](/printing/rise-again-m21.md) — Sorcery
6. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #82
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Patrick Kochakji
- **Total Printings:** 29 across all historical editions

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