Phyrexian Reclamation — Graveyard Workhorse
Phyrexian Reclamation is a compact utility enchantment that turns your graveyard into a steady reserve of creatures. With Phyrexian Reclamation you pay a small mana and a fixed life cost to retrieve key creatures, enabling value plays or ensuring your board refill after a board sweep. The card rewards careful sequencing; return targets you plan to replay or that trigger enter the battlefield effects to extract incremental advantage over several turns.
From a Commander perspective Phyrexian Reclamation pairs well with sacrifice engines and creatures that generate value when they leave and reenter the battlefield. The printed cost of {1}{B} and the activation of paying two life gives predictable resource accounting in long games. Its flavor sits neatly in Tarkir's clash of old orders and the creeping industriousness of Phyrexia, a mechanic-light tool for decks that want reliable recursion without occupying a creature slot. Add it to graveyard-focused builds to stabilize late game options and to free up slots for other answers.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {B}
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Card Type – Enchantment
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Subtypes – (none)
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – {1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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Power / Toughness – N/A
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Loyalty – N/A
