First printed in Midnight Hunt Commander (2021)
Sorcery
For each player, choose a creature card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. They're black Zombies in addition to their other colors and types and they gain decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
- Illustrated by
- Fajareka Setiawan
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (6)
- If any creature cards put onto the battlefield this way become permanents that aren't creatures because of another effect, those permanents won't be Zombies, but they will gain decayed.
- Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed.
- Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn.
- Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."
- The creatures will enter the battlefield simultaneously. They will see each other enter for the purposes of triggered abilities.
- Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.
Prices
MTGO price: 1.49 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
10 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Blessed Sanctuary + Eternal Witness + Ghouls' Night Out + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Blessed Sanctuary + Ghouls' Night Out + Phyrexian Altar + Salvager of Secrets
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Blessed Sanctuary + Ghouls' Night Out + Mnemonic Wall + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Blessed Sanctuary + Ghouls' Night Out + Phyrexian Altar + Shipwreck Dowser
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Archaeomancer + Blessed Sanctuary + Ghouls' Night Out + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Eternal Witness + Ghouls' Night Out + Headless Rider + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Ghouls' Night Out + Headless Rider + Phyrexian Altar + Salvager of Secrets
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Ghouls' Night Out + Headless Rider + Mnemonic Wall + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Ghouls' Night Out + Headless Rider + Phyrexian Altar + Shipwreck Dowser
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Archaeomancer + Ghouls' Night Out + Headless Rider + Phyrexian Altar