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"Find me cards equivalent to: Dig Up the Body"

Cards equivalent to Dig Up the Body (black, instant, returns a creature from graveyard to hand, sometimes with a minor bonus):
1. Raise Dead – {B}, Instant, return target creature from your graveyard to your hand.

Reason: Direct, cheap black instant with similar effect, but no mill.
2. Recover – {2}{B}, Instant, return target creature from your graveyard to your hand, draw a card.

Reason: Similar value, adds a card draw instead of mill.
3. Witch's Cottage – Land, puts creature card from graveyard on top of your library, but not instant.

Reason: Closest with mill effect, but speed and card type differ.
4. Gruesome Menagerie – {3}{B}{B}, Sorcery, returns up to three creature cards with different CMC.

Reason: Stronger recursion effect, but not instant.

Closest instant to Dig Up the Body is Raise Dead. For instant-speed recursion in black, there are very few with the mill synergy.

Found Cards

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Dig Up the Body

Gruesome Menagerie

Raise Dead

Recover

Witch's Cottage

Dig Up the Body #76 Instant

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 3
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Casualty Mill

    Rules

  • Casualty N means “As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power N or greater.” and “When you cast this spell, if a casualty cost was paid for it, copy it. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for the copy.”
  • If you pay the casualty cost of a spell, the copy will resolve before the original spell.
  • The copy of the spell is created on the stack, so it's not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
  • You may return any creature card from your graveyard to your hand, not just those you milled while resolving Dig Up the Body.
  • You may sacrifice only one creature to pay a spell's casualty cost, and you copy the spell only once.

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    Tcgplayer / 0.09 USD 0.08 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.1 EUR / 0.11 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you maysacrificea creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.) Mill two cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. (Tomilla card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

    Gruesome Menagerie #71s Sorcery

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    Converted Cost: 5
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    Rules

  • All of the returned cards enter the battlefield at the same time.
  • Gruesome Menagerie doesn't target the cards to return. You choose them while it's resolving. No players may take actions between the time you make each choice and the time you return them to the battlefield.
  • If a card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If you don't have a creature card in your graveyard with one mana value, you just continue on to the next.

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    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD
    Cardmarket 0.52 EUR
    Manapool 0.3 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.44 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Choose a creature card with mana value 1 in your graveyard, then do the same for creature cards with mana value 2 and 3. Return those cards to the battlefield.

    Raise Dead #21 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Rules

  • The creature being brought back is chosen on announcement and not on resolution of the spell because it is targeted.
  • You must show the card you bring out of the graveyard to your opponent.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

    Recover #MM3-82 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.11 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Draw a card.

    Witch's Cottage #249 Land — Swamp

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 0
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  • Land
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  • Swamp
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    Rules

  • As these lands are entering the battlefield, they check for lands that are already on the battlefield. They won't see lands that are entering the battlefield at the same time (due to Scapeshift, for example).
  • If another effect puts these lands onto the battlefield tapped, they enter tapped, even if you control enough lands with the appropriate basic land type.

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    Manapool / 3.09 USD 0.71 USD
    Tcgplayer / 2.32 USD 0.87 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.99 USD / 3.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.68 EUR / 2.75 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    (: Add .) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps. When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.