---
name: "Tenacious Dead"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Skeleton Warrior"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BBD"
set_name: "Battlebond"
collector_number: "163"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Stanko"
oracle_id: "9ae376d5-c68f-4a4b-851c-ebfd385b86dd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tenacious-dead-bbd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Tenacious Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Skeleton Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, you may pay {1}{B}. If you do, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.

> *事实证明，复活狂人海克耶的骨骸比让它们躺回去要容易多了。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Reassembling Skeleton](/printing/reassembling-skeleton-cmm.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
2. [Persistent Specimen](/printing/persistent-specimen-j25.md) — Creature — Skeleton
3. [Cult Conscript](/printing/cult-conscript-dmu.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
4. [Mortus Strider](/printing/mortus-strider-rvr.md) — Creature — Skeleton
5. [Sanitarium Skeleton](/printing/sanitarium-skeleton-c19.md) — Creature — Skeleton
6. [Gutterbones](/printing/gutterbones-prna.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battlebond (BBD) #163
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Stanko
- **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`