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.
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
#454 on EDHREC's list of the most played Commander cards (as of October 16, 2026).
Selling Living Death?
We pay 50% of a card's market value in cash, or 70% in store credit, for cards worth more than $1. For the cheapest printing of Living Death, that's about $1.60 cash or $2.23 in credit.
All 14 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander TDC | 185 | Apr 2025 | $6.70 | – |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander DSC | 373 | Sep 2024 | – | $13.48 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander LTC | 203 | Jun 2023 | $7.53 | – |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander 40K | 202★ | Oct 2022 | – | $11.38 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander 40K | 202 | Oct 2022 | $6.47 | – |
| The List PLST | A25-96 | Nov 2019 | $4.86 | – |
| Commander Anthology Volume II CM2 | 68 | Jun 2018 | $3.76 | – |
| Masters 25 A25 | 96 | Mar 2018 | $4.21 | $9.77 |
| From the Vault: Annihilation V14 | 8 | Aug 2014 | – | $7.47 |
| Commander 2011 CMD | 88 | Jun 2011 | $3.98 | – |
| Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition DDE | 31 | Mar 2010 | $3.19 | – |
| Judge Gift Cards 2003 G03 | 3 | Jan 2003 | – | $274.91 |
| Battle Royale Box Set BRB | 38 | Nov 1999 | $5.80 | – |
| Tempest TMP | 142 | Oct 1997 | $14.58 | – |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
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Rulings
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.
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