Enchantment - Aura, 1B (2) Enchant creature card in a graveyard When Dance of the Dead comes into play, if it's in play, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put into play with Dance of the Dead." Return enchanted creature card to play tapped under your control and attach Dance of the Dead to it. When Dance of the Dead leaves play, that creature's controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {1}{B}. If he or she does, untap that creature.1
Illus. Randy Gallegos
You can Dance of the Dead a creature which was discarded from a hand and therefore was never in play. [D'Angelo 1997/06/01]
Dance of the Dead becomes a creature enchantment spell and so it does activate the Rabid Wombat and trigger other cards which use creature enchantments. [Aahz 1997/06/06]
This is a targeted ability. Note that cards in the graveyard do not have Protection from Color abilities (see Rule 402.8). [D'Angelo 2002/12/19]
If more than one Dance of the Dead ends up on a creature, each contributes a +1/+1. [D'Angelo 1995/09/25] But you only have to pay the untap cost once. [D'Angelo 2000/03/09] You may pay for each one, however, and untap the card more than once during upkeep. [DeLaney 2000/03/11]
Ice Age
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