Bond of Revival
Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste until your next turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- War of the Spark
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #14731
Bond of Revival reanimates any creature and hands it haste for five mana — the effect is real, the cost is fair. The ceiling is high when you're looping Scholar of the Ages or dropping a titan into an empty board, but five mana at sorcery speed means you're not running this in every black deck, only the ones that care about a specific target.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Bond of Revival lives — graveyard strategies are endemic to the format, targets are enormous, and five mana is trivially reachable by mid-game. The haste clause matters most here, since a reanimated threat that can't attack until your next turn is just a removal magnet. In Legacy, Pioneer, and Modern, dedicated reanimation decks have cheaper and more redundant options, so Bond of Revival rarely makes the cut over Reanimate or Persist. Vintage is legal but irrelevant — the card is too slow for that environment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Scholar of the AgesSacrificeBond of Revival
Infinite ETB; Infinite black mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
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Scholar of the AgesBurnt OfferingBond of Revival
Infinite black mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite red mana; Infinite storm count; Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
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Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Bond of Revival is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if it fits the gameplan. Bulk reanimation spells rarely spike unless a specific commander or combo pushes demand, so don't expect movement, but at this price that's not the point.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.