---
name: "Xander's Wake"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Draft from a spellbook"]
set: "YSNC"
set_name: "Alchemy: New Capenna"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jodie Muir"
oracle_id: "a085fea3-ea32-4c84-9276-eab164c03cc5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/xanders-wake-ysnc"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Xander's Wake
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Draft from a spellbook

## Oracle Text
Whenever one or more creatures you control die, draft a card from Xander's Wake's spellbook. This ability triggers only once each turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cursebound Witch](/printing/cursebound-witch-ymid.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
2. [Fecundity](/printing/fecundity-brb.md) — Enchantment
3. [Inheritance](/printing/inheritance-all.md) — Enchantment
4. [Deathreap Ritual](/printing/deathreap-ritual-m3c.md) — Enchantment
5. [Exultant Cultist](/printing/exultant-cultist-sir.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Morbid Opportunist](/printing/morbid-opportunist-soc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: New Capenna (YSNC) #9
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jodie Muir

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