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◇ Catalog #116

Corpse Dance

tmp·#116·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Brian Snõddy

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Oct 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$28.22+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $29 · low $27

NM$28.2

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$26–$30modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $28low $3.47range 713.3%n 51

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #11,603 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$28

Gameplay

Instant

Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2008-04-01wotc

The effect only grants Haste until the end of the current turn. If the creature somehow manages to stick around until a later turn, it will no longer have Haste.

2004-10-04wotc

Corpse Dance only exiles the card if the card is still on the battlefield at the beginning of the end step.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $28.22. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.47 and $28.22 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TMP — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #116 of *Tempest*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1997 Tempest release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Buyback.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #11,603 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Brian Snõddy. Rarix catalogs 484 other cards credited to this artist.