First printed in Tempest (1997)
All 17 prints
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #185, 2025
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Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #373, 2024
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Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #203, 2023
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Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #202, 2022
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Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #202★, 2022
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The List (PLST) #A25-96, 2019
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Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #68, 2018
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Masters 25 (A25) #96, 2018
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Tempest Remastered (TPR) #109, 2015 (digital)
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #36042, 2014 (digital)
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From the Vault: Annihilation (V14) #8, 2014
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Vintage Masters (VMA) #126, 2014 (digital)
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Commander 2011 (CMD) #88, 2011
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Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition (DDE) #31, 2010
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Judge Gift Cards 2003 (G03) #3, 2003
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Battle Royale Box Set (BRB) #38, 1999
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Tempest (TMP) #142, 1997
Living Death 
Sorcery
Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.
- Illustrated by
- Charles Gillespie
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- Only cards exiled by Living Death's first instruction are put onto the battlefield. If a replacement effect (such as that of Leyline of the Void) causes any of the sacrificed creatures to be exiled instead of put into a graveyard, those cards aren't returned to the battlefield.
- As Living Death resolves, all players exile their creature cards from graveyards at the same time. Then all players sacrifice all creatures they control at the same time. Then all players put all creatures they exiled onto the battlefield at the same time.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.06 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).
Combos
50 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite blinking, Infinite colored mana…: Eternal Witness + Living Death + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Living Death + Viscera Seer
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Living Death
- Infinite blinking, Infinite colored mana…: Living Death + Phyrexian Altar + Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Altar of Dementia + Dualcaster Mage + Living Death
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Goblin Bombardment + Living Death
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Dualcaster Mage + Living Death + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite blinking for all players, Infinite death triggers…: Altar of Dementia + Archaeomancer + Living Death + Peregrine Drake
- Infinite blinking for all players, Infinite colorless mana…: Archaeomancer + Ashnod's Altar + Living Death + Peregrine Drake
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Blood Pet + Eternal Witness + Living Death + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
