Living Death

Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #203 · Rare · Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

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.

They seemed like black holes in the deep shade behind them. Frodo thought that he heard a faint hiss as of venomous breath and felt a thin piercing chill.

Illustrated by Pavel Kolomeyets · Released June 23, 2023

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $2.27 USD (43.2%) to $7.52 USD; low $5.19 USD, high $7.79 USD.

Printings

  1. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #185 (TDC) · Rare · 2025 · $6.72 USD
  2. Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander #373 (DSC) · Mythic · 2024 · $13.71 USD foil
  3. Tales of Middle-earth Commander #203 (this printing) · Rare · 2023 · $7.52 USD
  4. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #202 (40K) · Rare · 2022 · $6.02 USD
  5. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #202★ (40K) · Rare · 2022 · $11.34 USD foil
  6. The List #A25-96 (PLST) · Rare · 2019 · $4.67 USD
  7. Commander Anthology Volume II #68 (CM2) · Rare · 2018 · $3.76 USD
  8. Masters 25 #96 (A25) · Rare · 2018 · $4.01 USD
  9. Tempest Remastered #109 (TPR) · Mythic · 2015
  10. Magic Online Promos #36042 (PRM) · Rare · 2014
  11. From the Vault: Annihilation #8 (V14) · Mythic · 2014 · $7.46 USD foil
  12. Vintage Masters #126 (VMA) · Rare · 2014
  13. Commander 2011 #88 (CMD) · Rare · 2011 · $3.84 USD
  14. Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition #31 (DDE) · Rare · 2010 · $3.13 USD
  15. Judge Gift Cards 2003 #3 (G03) · Rare · 2003 · $274.91 USD foil
  16. Battle Royale Box Set #38 (BRB) · Rare · 1999 · $5.85 USD
  17. Tempest #142 (TMP) · Rare · 1997 · $14.45 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2018-03-16 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2018-03-16 · wotc — 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.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Szarekh, the Silent King · in 91% of 32 decks
  2. Sauron, Lord of the Rings · in 77% of 35 decks
  3. Imotekh the Stormlord · in 75% of 44 decks
  4. Teval, the Balanced Scale · in 65% of 49 decks
  5. Indominus Rex, Alpha · in 49% of 49 decks
  6. Baba Lysaga, Night Witch · in 30% of 50 decks
  7. The Mimeoplasm · in 28% of 46 decks
  8. Sauron, the Dark Lord · in 26% of 50 decks

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