Wander in Death
Sorcery
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15620
Wander in Death returns two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand for two mana at instant speed — straightforward recursion that replaces itself in attrition games. It's not flashy, but two-for-one graveyard retrieval at this cost earns a slot in any black deck leaning on creatures.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Wander in Death fills the role of cheap, reliable recursion — the kind of card that quietly wins games by pulling back your best threat after a board wipe. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive relevance, since the format's card-quality ceiling is low enough that instant-speed two-card retrieval at two mana is genuinely above rate. In Modern and Legacy, the competition is steep — Unearth, Grim Harvest, and similar effects do more for the same or less mana, so Wander in Death gets squeezed out. Pioneer sits in a similar position: legal but rarely correct when stronger options exist. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's read — solid role-player in creature-heavy builds that want to rebuy key pieces.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Wander in Death isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its common rarity and narrow competitive application, it almost certainly sits under a dollar — pick it up without hesitation if the effect fits your deck.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.