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Recurring Nightmare 
Reserved ListEnchantment
Oracle Text
Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Format Legality
LegacyVintagePremodernDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Recurring Nightmare, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premodern | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.6 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1998
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Collector #
- bs72
Non-foil
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Recurring Nightmare
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 1 Badgermole Cub
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Hexing Squelcher
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Desecrex, Gift of Servitude
- 1 Formidable Speaker
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 The Reaper, King No More
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 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 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 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 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (6)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Phantasmal Image
- 1 Grief
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Kavaero, Mind-Bitten
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Kairi, the Swirling Sky
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (19)
Instants (22)
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Bitter Triumph
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Shallow Grave
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Flash
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Corpse Dance
- 1 Saw in Half
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Sacrifice
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Tainted Indulgence
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 6 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (20)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Lively Dirge
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Lórien Revealed
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (22)
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Bitter Triumph
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Shallow Grave
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Flash
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Corpse Dance
- 1 Saw in Half
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Sacrifice
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Tainted Indulgence
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 6 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (40)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Ursine Monstrosity
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 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 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (6)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Nurturing Peatland
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Thornspire Verge
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Prized Amalgam
- 1 Poxwalkers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Skyfire Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 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 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 (34)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 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 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (9)
Instants (7)
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 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Nurturing Peatland
- 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
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 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 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (7)
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 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 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 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 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 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Gilded Goose
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (7)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Cragcrown 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
