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Animate Dead 
Enchantment — Aura
Oracle Text
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
Format Legality
LegacyVintagePremodernDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Animate Dead, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 22 | 4 | 267 | 2.1 |
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 124 | 1 |
| Premodern | 3 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.8 |
Details
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 207
Non-foilBorderless
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Animate Dead
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fallaji Archaeologist
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Grief
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Magister of Worth
- 1 Ashen Rider
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Priest of Fell Rites
Sorceries (16)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tomb Fortress
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fallaji Archaeologist
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Magister of Worth
- 1 Ashen Rider
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Priest of Fell Rites
Sorceries (16)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tomb Fortress
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fallaji Archaeologist
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Grief
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Magister of Worth
- 1 Ashen Rider
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Priest of Fell Rites
Sorceries (16)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tomb Fortress
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (32)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Pyroblast
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (40)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
