First printed in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020)
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Enchantment
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, mill two cards. Then return a creature card with lesser mana value than the creature that died from your graveyard to your hand.
, Sacrifice this enchantment: You gain life equal to the greatest mana value among creatures you control.
- Illustrated by
- Grzegorz Rutkowski
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (4)
- Because the triggered ability doesn't target the creature card in your graveyard, you may choose one of the two cards you put there from your library.
- Use the mana value of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield and the mana value of the creature card as it exists in your graveyard to determine which cards may be returned to your hand. This may result in a creature's death bringing itself back to your hand; perhaps it was one card of a merged creature, or it had become a copy of a more expensive creature.
- If Death's Oasis becomes a creature, activating its last ability will cause its first ability to trigger.
- If a creature on the battlefield or a card in your graveyard has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).
Combos
13 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Carrion Feeder + Deathrender + Death's Oasis + Myr Retriever
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Carrion Feeder + Deathrender + Death's Oasis + Junk Diver
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Carrion Feeder + Deathrender + Death's Oasis + Workshop Assistant
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Carrion Feeder + Deathrender + Death's Oasis + Dutiful Attendant
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Aluren + Death's Oasis + Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order + Thermopod
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Aluren + Ashnod's Altar + Death's Oasis + Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Aluren + Death's Oasis + Phyrexian Altar + Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Aluren + Death's Oasis + Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order
- Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers…: Aluren + Blasting Station + Death's Oasis + Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Aluren + Death's Oasis + Goblin Bombardment + Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order