Rise from the Grave

Sorcery, 4B (5)

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

"For my enemies, one death. For my allies, many."
—Liliana Vess

Illus. Vance Kovacs

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2009: Rise from the Grave doesn't overwrite any previous colors or types. Rather, it adds another color and another subtype.
• 10/1/2009: If the targeted creature is normally colorless, it will simply become black. It won't be both black and colorless.
• 10/1/2009: A later effect that changes the affected creature's colors will overwrite that part of Rise from the Grave effect; the creature will be just the new color. The same is true about an effect that changes the affected creature's types or subtypes.
• 10/1/2009: 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.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern