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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
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 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 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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Gilded Goose
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Cragcrown Pathway
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Gilded Goose
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Cragcrown Pathway
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Gilded Goose
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Cragcrown Pathway
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5