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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 (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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 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 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- 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 (8)
Artifacts (3)
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
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Prized Amalgam
- 1 Poxwalkers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Skyfire Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Fury
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Wall of Roots
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Eternal Witness
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Skyfisher Spider
- 1 Fierce Empath
- 1 Six
- 1 Vengevine
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Alpha Deathclaw
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Bloodghast
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
- 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 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Strangleroot Geist
Sorceries (13)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Forest
- 1 Forest
- 1 Forest
- 1 Forest
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Nurturing Peatland
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Twilight Mire
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Woodland Cemetery
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Caustic Bronco
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Graveyard Trespasser
- 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Preacher of the Schism
- 1 Unstoppable Slasher
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Evolved Sleeper
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
Sorceries (13)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Cabal Coffers
- 1 Cabal Stronghold
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 11 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 8 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 6 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 War Room
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 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 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- 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 (8)
Artifacts (3)
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
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
