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Victimize
Price$0.41 – $21.15
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Victimize

{2}{B}

Sorcery

LegalRank #127

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Why is this card good?

Victimize is one of the most efficient reanimation spells in the format: three mana to return two creatures while only sacrificing one. That's a massive mana-to-power conversion, and the sacrifice cost is often pure upside rather than a drawback. The card shines in reanimator and aristocrats decks. You want to fill your graveyard first (self-mill, looting, discard outlets like Faithless Looting, or Entomb effects), then blow it open. The sacrificed creature can be a fresh token, a cheap dork, or—better yet—a creature with a death trigger or one that you'll just reanimate again later. Combo lines exist too: sacrifice something with a powerful ETB/death effect and bring back even bigger threats. Commanders like Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Chatterfang, Korvold, and any Karador/Teneb-style value pile love it. Don't play it in decks lacking graveyard setup—you need bodies in the bin and a creature to sacrifice, or it's a dead card. It also whiffs against graveyard hate.

Related cards

Living DeathB

Mass reanimation effect that returns multiple creatures from graveyard.

Dread ReturnB

Sacrifice creatures to reanimate from graveyard, similar value engine.

Stitch TogetherB

Black reanimation spell that returns a creature from graveyard.

ReanimateB

Cheap single-target reanimation, staple alongside Victimize.

Animate DeadB

Persistent reanimation enchantment for graveyard recursion.

PersistB

Two-mana reanimation that pairs well with sacrifice synergies.

Unburial RitesWB

Flashback reanimation returning fatties from graveyard.

NecromancyB

Flexible reanimation that can return creatures at instant speed.

Printings (19)

sldSecret Lair Drop · #2486R$7.07Buy
tdcTarkir: Dragonstorm Commander · #198U$2.33Buy
mh3Modern Horizons 3 · #413U$0.65Buy
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spgSpecial Guests · #23M$21.15Buy
cmmCommander Masters · #195U$2.43Buy
mocMarch of the Machine Commander · #270U$1.28Buy
scdStarter Commander Decks · #118U$0.41Buy
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cmaCommander Anthology · #72U$0.82Buy
emaEternal Masters · #113U$0.63Buy
c15Commander 2015 · #139U$0.51Buy
c14Commander 2014 · #169U$1.15Buy
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Played by these commanders

Teval, the Balanced Scale100% of 1
Sefris of the Hidden Ways100% of 1
Meren of Clan Nel Toth100% of 2
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos100% of 1
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre100% of 1
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath100% of 1
Gisa and Geralf100% of 1

Combos (8)

  • Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Victimize

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite colorless mana

  • Viscera Seer + Dualcaster Mage + Victimize

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite death triggers

  • Goblin Bombardment + Dualcaster Mage + Victimize

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite damage

  • Phyrexian Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Victimize

    → Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite magecraft triggers

  • Dualcaster Mage + Carrion Feeder + Victimize

    → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB

  • Altar of Dementia + Dualcaster Mage + Victimize

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite death triggers

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