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Necromancer's Magemark

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
Creatures you control that are enchanted get +1/+1.
If a creature you control that's enchanted would die, return it to its owner's hand instead.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Guildpact
Price
$0.16
EDHREC rank
#22322
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Necromancer's Magemark card art
Necromancer's Magemark gives every enchanted creature and every other creature you control with an Aura on it +1/+1 and the ability to return from the graveyard to your hand — a recursive engine stapled to a three-mana Aura. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth decks and Aura-stacking black strategies treat it as a soft loop that keeps your board replenishing itself, but outside those shells it's too narrow to justify the slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Necromancer's Magemark is a Commander card — the recursion trigger only compounds in a 40-life, multiplayer game where creatures die repeatedly and Aura-stacking commanders can exploit it turn after turn. In pauper it's technically legal but competes in a format that demands efficiency; three mana for a conditional +1/+1 and a delayed return-to-hand isn't competitive there. Legacy and vintage have no interest in this effect at any price. Commander is the one format where the Magemark earns its slot, and even there only in dedicated Aura or graveyard-loop strategies.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.16 bulk tier

At $0.16, Necromancer's Magemark is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Bulk enchantments with narrow combo applications rarely move in price, so expect it to stay at this floor indefinitely.

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