Dance of the Dead
~$15.55 TCGplayer
Black. Enchantment — Aura
Ice Age #118 · Illustrated by Randy Gallegos
Ice Age #118 · Illustrated by Randy GallegosWhat is Dance of the Dead worth?
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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." Put enchanted creature card onto the battlefield tapped 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/+1 and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay . If the player does, untap that creature.
Format legality
All 2 printings of Dance of the Dead
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MagicFest 2026 pf26 #14· 2026PreorderFull Artrare | rare | No non-foil printing | — | — | |
 Ice Age ice #118· 1995uncommon· Cardmarket €14.61 | uncommon | $15.55 | No foil printing | €14.61 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1995
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #2,305 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Enchant
- Artists
- Jarel Threat, Randy Gallegos
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Ice Age card (#118).
Printed before collector numbers, which started with Exodus in 1998. The bottom shows only the artist credit ("Illus.") and the copyright. Set symbols were all black before Exodus, and core sets before Sixth Edition have none.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (4)
2004-10-04
If more than one Dance of the Dead ends up on a creature, each contributes a +1/+1. But you only have to pay the untap cost once. You may pay for each one, however, and untap the card more than once during upkeep.
2008-04-01
This is a new wording. Dance of the Dead is now an Aura. You target a creature card in a graveyard when you cast it. It enters attached to that card. Then it returns that card to the battlefield, and attaches itself to that card again (since the card is treated as a new object on the battlefield).
2008-04-01
If the creature card put onto the battlefield has protection from black (or anything that prevents this from legally being attached), this won't be able to attach to it. Then this will go to the graveyard as a state-based action, causing the creature to be sacrificed.
2008-04-01
Once the creature is returned to the battlefield, Dance of the Dead can't be attached to anything other than it (unless Dance of the Dead somehow manages to put a different creature onto the battlefield). Attempting to move Dance of the Dead to another creature won't work.
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