---
name: "Wake the Dead"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "C14"
set_name: "Commander 2014"
collector_number: "31"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Christopher Moeller"
oracle_id: "69bf79c3-87d1-4244-8d58-989307c91a12"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wake-the-dead-c14"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Wake the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Cast this spell only during combat on an opponent's turn.
Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. Sacrifice those creatures at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cauldron Dance](/printing/cauldron-dance-c17.md) — Instant
2. [Grim Return](/printing/grim-return-m14.md) — Instant
3. [Wake to Slaughter](/printing/wake-to-slaughter-pmid.md) — Sorcery
4. [Fight On!](/printing/fight-on-fin.md) — Instant
5. [Dawn of the Dead](/printing/dawn-of-the-dead-tor.md) — Enchantment
6. [Macabre Mockery](/printing/macabre-mockery-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2014 (C14) #31
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Christopher Moeller
- **Total Printings:** 21 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`