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Judge Gift Cards 2022 (P22 | #7 | 2022-10-01)
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Animate Dead

1B
Enchantment — Aura
Artist: Helge C. Balzer
All artists: Helge C. Balzer , Anthony Jones , Anson Maddocks , Bastien L. Deharme , Iron Maiden

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.

B
$8.11 cheapest print

Prices

Set # Treatment Finish Price (USD)
Judge Gift Cards 2022 7 Promo Foil $68.86
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn 16 Regular Foil $10.24
Eternal Masters 78 Regular Nonfoil $9.70
Eternal Masters 78 Regular Foil $17.22
30th Anniversary Edition 92 Regular Nonfoil $15.12
Unlimited Edition 93 Regular Nonfoil $29.00
Revised Edition 93 Regular Nonfoil $8.31
Collectors' Edition 93 Regular Nonfoil $51.75
Intl. Collectors' Edition 93 Regular Nonfoil $44.87
Limited Edition Beta 93 Regular Nonfoil $299.97
Fourth Edition 118 Regular Nonfoil $9.11
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander 125 Regular Nonfoil $10.50
Fifth Edition 140 Regular Nonfoil $8.11
30th Anniversary Edition 389 Regular Nonfoil $140.00
Secret Lair Drop 2189 Borderless Nonfoil $43.80
The List EMA-78 Regular Nonfoil $9.08

Price History

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Printings (21)

Animate Dead — Judge Gift Cards 2022
Judge Gift Cards 2022
#7 Rare —
Promo Foil
Helge C. Balzer
Animate Dead — Premium Deck Series: Graveborn
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn
#16 Uncommon —
Regular Foil
Anthony Jones
Animate Dead — Masters Edition
Masters Edition
#57 Uncommon —
Regular Nonfoil Foil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Eternal Masters
Eternal Masters
#78 Uncommon $9.70
Regular Nonfoil Foil
Bastien L. Deharme
Animate Dead — 30th Anniversary Edition
30th Anniversary Edition
#92 Uncommon $15.12
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Limited Edition Alpha
Limited Edition Alpha
#92 Uncommon —
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Unlimited Edition
Unlimited Edition
#93 Uncommon $29.00
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Revised Edition
Revised Edition
#93 Uncommon $8.31
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Collectors' Edition
Collectors' Edition
#93 Uncommon $51.75
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Intl. Collectors' Edition
Intl. Collectors' Edition
#93 Uncommon $44.87
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Limited Edition Beta
Limited Edition Beta
#93 Uncommon $299.97
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Summer Magic / Edgar
Summer Magic / Edgar
#93 Uncommon —
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Vintage Masters
Vintage Masters
#104 Uncommon —
Regular Nonfoil Foil
Anthony Jones
Animate Dead — Fourth Edition
Fourth Edition
#118 Uncommon $9.11
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
#125 Uncommon $10.50
Regular Nonfoil
Anthony Jones
Animate Dead — Fifth Edition
Fifth Edition
#140 Uncommon $8.11
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
#207 Uncommon —
Regular Nonfoil Foil
Bastien L. Deharme
Animate Dead — 30th Anniversary Edition
30th Anniversary Edition
#389 Uncommon $140.00
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — Secret Lair Drop
Secret Lair Drop
#2189 Rare $43.80
Borderless Nonfoil Foil
Iron Maiden
Animate Dead — Magic Online Theme Decks
Magic Online Theme Decks
#A36 Uncommon —
Regular Nonfoil
Anson Maddocks
Animate Dead — The List
The List
#EMA-78 Uncommon $9.08
Regular Nonfoil
Bastien L. Deharme

Rulings

2016-06-08 wotc
Once the creature is returned to the battlefield, Animate Dead can't be attached to anything other than it (unless Animate Dead somehow manages to put a different creature onto the battlefield). Attempting to move Animate Dead to another creature won't work.
2016-06-08 wotc
If the creature put onto the battlefield has protection from black—or if the creature can't legally be enchanted by Animate Dead for another reason—Animate Dead won't be able to attach to it. It will be put into the graveyard as a state-based action, causing its delayed triggered ability to trigger. When the trigger resolves, if the creature's still on the battlefield, its controller will sacrifice it.
2016-06-08 wotc
If Animate Dead isn't on the battlefield as its triggered ability resolves, none of its effects happen. The creature card won't be returned to the battlefield.
2016-06-08 wotc
Animate Dead is an Aura, albeit with an unusual enchant ability. You target a creature card in a graveyard when you cast it. It enters the battlefield attached to that card. Then it returns that card to the battlefield, and attaches itself to the card again (since the card is a new object on the battlefield). Animate Dead itself never moves into a graveyard during this process.
2016-06-08 wotc
Abilities such as shroud and protection function only on the battlefield unless otherwise specified. A creature card with shroud may be targeted by Animate Dead, and Animate Dead will become attached to the creature that enters the battlefield.

Format Legality

Standard Not Legal
Future Not Legal
Historic Not Legal
Timeless Not Legal
Gladiator Not Legal
Pioneer Not Legal
Modern Not Legal
Legacy Legal
Pauper Not Legal
Vintage Legal
Penny Not Legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Standardbrawl Not Legal
Brawl Not Legal
Alchemy Not Legal
Paupercommander Not Legal
Duel Legal
Oldschool Legal
Premodern Legal
Predh Legal