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Living Death, art by Charles Gillespie
Art by Charles Gillespie · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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$13.29
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Living Death

{3}{B}{B} · 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.

Rulings (2)

Mar 16, 2018 · 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.

Mar 16, 2018 · 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.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernNot legal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernLegal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · Premodern

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=4 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Golgari SurvivalPremodern50%4
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Living Death — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
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