---
name: "Welcome the Dead"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "70"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ioannis Fiore"
oracle_id: "affa0b6c-a9fd-49fc-b9ce-9a3486af8320"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/welcome-the-dead-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Welcome the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Draw two cards, then discard a card and you lose 2 life. Create X tapped 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature tokens, where X is the number of cards that were put into your graveyard from your hand or library this turn.
Flashback {5}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Moan of the Unhallowed](/printing/moan-of-the-unhallowed-gn3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Necromancer's Stockpile](/printing/necromancers-stockpile-m15.md) — Enchantment
3. [Reap the Seagraf](/printing/reap-the-seagraf-dka.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ghoulcaller's Harvest](/printing/ghoulcallers-harvest-dbl.md) — Sorcery
5. [Army of the Damned](/printing/army-of-the-damned-c13.md) — Sorcery
6. [Rotten Reunion](/printing/rotten-reunion-mid.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #70
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ioannis Fiore
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`