Raise Dead

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

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

• A "creature card" is a Creature card or Artifact Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
• You must show the card you bring out of the graveyard to your opponent. [bethmo 1994/10/01]
• You can Raise Dead a creature which was discarded from your hand and was therefore never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/10/01]
• The creature being brought back is chosen on announcement and not on resolution of the spell because it is targeted. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 123]
• Although the text isn't totally clear, the targeted creature card must be in your graveyard. [D'Angelo 2007/02/28]

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