Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead

Secrets of Strixhaven #76

Type: Creature — Orc Warlock // Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{B} // {B}

Card text: This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.) // Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

P/T: 4/2

Rarity: common

Artist: Diego Gisbert

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.13 USD · $0.22 USD (Foil) · €0.05 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✓ Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Pull from the Grave

Sorcery

Returns up to two creatures from graveyard to hand, stacking with Raise Dead for massive recursion value in grindy games.

Ascendant Dustspeaker

Creature — Orc Cleric

Flying creature that exiles cards from graveyards, providing a body while Raise Dead can recur it or other creatures for repeated value.

Owlin Historian

Creature — Bird Cleric

Gets +1/+1 when cards leave graveyard, triggering whenever you cast Raise Dead to return creatures while growing itself.

uncommon

Forum Necroscribe

Creature — Troll Warlock

Repartee ability returns creatures from graveyard to battlefield when casting instants/sorceries targeting creatures, creating a reanimation engine with Raise Dead.

rare

Grave Researcher // Reanimate

Creature — Troll Warlock // Sorcery

Reanimate puts creatures directly onto battlefield from any graveyard, combining with Raise Dead for a complete recursion package.

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