Necromancy Price
4 printings · 4 sets · first printed 1997
Necromancy has been printed 4 times across 4 sets, first in 1997 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Visions #64 at $19.31, while the most expensive is The List #VIS-64 at $21.82. The median across 3 priced printings is $19.38. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 4x, including dedicated reprint sets like Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, The List.
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Every Necromancy Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visions #64 (U) Cheapest | 1997 | $19.31 | $13.50 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #131 (U) | 2024 | $19.38 | $12.50 |
| The List #VIS-64 (U) | 2020 | $21.82 | $13.50 |
| Arena Anthology 3 #9 (U) | 2025 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
When this enchantment enters, if it's on the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy." Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and attach this enchantment to it. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsWhen putting a card onto the battlefield that requires a definition for its value or some other choice, you do what is needed to define the value or make the choice.
The bringing of the creature onto the battlefield and then putting Necromancy on it is all done as part of the resolution.
Necromancy enters as an enchantment and then becomes an Enchant Creature Aura as a triggered ability upon entering. It follows all the rules for Auras from then on.
If the creature card put onto the battlefield has protection from black (or anything that prevents this from legally being attached), this won't be able to attach to it. Then this will go to the graveyard as a state-based action, causing the creature to be sacrificed.
The sacrifice occurs only if you cast it using its own ability. If you cast it using some other effect (for example, if another effect allowed you to cast it as though it had flash), then it won't be sacrificed.