Raise Dead

Sorcery, B (1)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
The earth cannot hold that which magic commands.
Illus. Carl Critchlow

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 10/4/2004: You must show the card you bring out of the graveyard to your opponent.
• 10/4/2004: The creature being brought back is chosen on announcement and not on resolution of the spell because it is targeted.
• 4/1/2008: A "creature card" is any card with the type Creature, even if it has other types such as Artifact, Enchantment, or Land. Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, MTGO Classic Banned in Standard
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