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Macabre Reconstruction

Sorcery

This spell costs {2} less to cast if a creature card was put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn.
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor
Price
$0.11
EDHREC rank
#14657
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Macabre Reconstruction card art
Macabre Reconstruction returns two creature cards from your graveyard to your hand for three mana — card-neutral on its face, but in any deck that mills itself or sacrifices repeatedly, it's quietly generating real advantage. Bulk rate, no conditions, and instant speed make it a clean include wherever the graveyard is a resource.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Macabre Reconstruction earns its slot in any graveyard-centric deck that churns through creatures — the three-mana cost is acceptable when you're recovering two pieces at instant speed after a board wipe. In Pauper, it competes in common-legal graveyard loops and is worth testing in sacrifice builds that need raw recursion without the budget of uncommon alternatives. Across Pioneer, Modern, and Legacy, the card is legal but faces steep competition from faster, more efficient recursion — it won't make those 60-card cuts except in very dedicated reanimator brews. Standard is its most viable non-Commander home right now, where the card pool is shallow enough that two-for-one recovery at three mana can genuinely outpace what's available.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.11 bulk tier

At $0.11, Macabre Reconstruction is deep bulk — grab a playset without thinking twice. Demand is narrow enough that it won't climb, but at this price the question was never value, it was always just whether the effect fits the deck.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.