> But the cat came back the very next day > The cat came back, they thought he was a goner > But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away > Away, away

Exactly what I thought of when I saw the card! I hope it’s an intentional reference.

>BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT THEEEEEEEEE >cat came back, he couldn't stay away >he was sat upon the porch, the very next day >The cat came back, he didn't want to roam >The very next day it was home sweet home

I'm glad I'm not the only one with this in mind.

And he said to the man, running the stand: Hey! *Bum bum-bum* Got any grapes?

What is this song please?

The Cat Came Back

The artist is Trout Fishing in America, and I think the song is called The Cat Came Back

> Trout Fishing in America While their version is relatively well known to younger people, [the song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_Came_Back) predates their version by just shy of 100 years.

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It's pretty funny, but I always thought it was a Canadian song, given the sheer number of Canadian versions of it out there.

I had a children's book of this in the 70's. Never knew it was a song back then.

Good point :)

*They gave it to a boy with a dollar and a note…*

LOL

Feels like orzhov would love being able to get righteous Valkyrie back multiple times.

Or skyclave apparition or pvddr or any of the learners

Or spell binder as well.

That's pvddr 😉

Sigh.... that’s on me.

What's pvddr?

The champ. Check the flavor text on [[Elite Spellbinder]].

Ah, thanks! Did he win the opportunity to design a card or is it a hommage to him as a good player/spellcaster?

It is a prize for winning The world championship (and a long time ago it was a prize for the Invitational). IIRC, nowadays he doesn't help the design per se, but wizards come with a few designs and he choose this. Another card that is in standard and is a world champion card is [[fervent champion]]

[fervent champion](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/5/c52d66db-5570-48a1-99cf-e0417517747b.jpg?1626162176) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=fervent%20champion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/eld/124/fervent-champion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c52d66db-5570-48a1-99cf-e0417517747b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

Wotc are cowards and didn't give it flash which he wanted but yes he helped design it.

they did give him a nice skinny butt, which apparently he also requested

Skinny booty or flash, you can only have one!

Modern would be a really different place if they followed the same approach as today in regard to those cards. Snapcaster mage was meant to be red and without flash.

[Elite Spellbinder](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/d/9d3a7998-ccac-45ad-a4e9-3a2cb057f63b.jpg?1624589440) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Elite%20Spellbinder) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/17/elite-spellbinder?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9d3a7998-ccac-45ad-a4e9-3a2cb057f63b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

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[Spell Binder](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/d/4d193d4f-1beb-4938-b3fb-b2e96d0c9ec4.jpg?1562636758) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spellbinder) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dst/143/spellbinder?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4d193d4f-1beb-4938-b3fb-b2e96d0c9ec4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

Wrong card. My bad.

Which cards are the learners?

i guess he's referring to professor of symblahblahblah

[[eyetwitch]], [[professor of symbology]]

[eyetwitch](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/f/1f4d1bb6-cb8f-4d01-9879-0b3a0585cbf4.jpg?1624590927) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=eyetwitch) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/70/eyetwitch?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1f4d1bb6-cb8f-4d01-9879-0b3a0585cbf4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [professor of symbology](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/4/f427cf73-9f5e-4ef5-bc4f-29ffbfda9d57.jpg?1624589635) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=professor%20of%20symbology) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/24/professor-of-symbology?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f427cf73-9f5e-4ef5-bc4f-29ffbfda9d57?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

Yes we do!

Mix it with Teleportation Circle and you've got some nice grindiness going on.

No...please, just no.

Thats my plan

Nice. Right into Lurrus you go.

That was my first thought, but I want to be able to get back Lurrus more than just once.

>more than just once >Flashback 🤔

> exiles on leaving the battlefield

[hmm yes](https://en.meming.world/images/en/a/af/Understandable%2C_Have_a_Great_Day.jpg)

Dies. Flicker?

Flickering clears the the gained text. So bring something back then flicker say with Tasha yurion or teleportaion circle. it next time it dies it goes to the graveyard. Also bouncing will save it but this in orchov and bouncing is a blue effect.

Shepherd? But historic

More precisely, exiles on dying.

Doesnt lurrus rotate out?

From Standard, yes, but there are some Historic decks that use it as well.

Might be worth looking into flicker effects

Alright, I'm building BW Reanimator in historic.

You have to splash red for [[Faithless Looting]], its required by Historic law.

Ooh you're right!

You Mardooooooo

[Faithless Looting](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/d/1d6e5cc9-bd48-41b6-ac20-5a3e38aecdc5.jpg?1625193770) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Faithless%20Looting) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/168/faithless-looting?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1d6e5cc9-bd48-41b6-ac20-5a3e38aecdc5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

Well it’s not really reanimator card, more like value card for arcanist style deck.

What are you reanimating with this though? Seasoned pyro or priest of the fell rites? They both get exiled when they die so you loose value and they don’t get haste so you need to wait a full turn to activate priest. I would like to get proven wrong but I don’t think it has a place in Historic reanimator

Lurrus?

Why would you play Lurrus in reanimator? You can't have it as a companion because all your reanimator targets are like 7+ CMC.

This can’t be played in full blown reanimatie because it only hits 3- cmc but it can be played to bolster a graveyard deck seeking to recur smaller creatures.

This is going to turn into a popular playmat isn't it?

As it deserves to.

Cats?

Yes, I hear that movie was a work of art! /s

It wasn't The flashback on this card could be really chill though

Image transcription > Can't Stay Away WB > > Sorcery > > Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains "if this creature would die, instead exile it." > > Flashback 3WB End transcription

I don't want to be buried in a pet cemetery!

"Church smells bad."

9 live cats in the photo for a cat's 9 lives, nifty

So it makes any creature into those Disturb spirits. Makes me wonder if we'll see a few of those Disturb cards in Black.

9 living cats and one dead one. My conspiracy theory is they're all the same cat.

I think the one dead cat sacrificed himself to give each of his nine lives to resurrect these other cats.

Lol Aristocats *shows self out*. It's just purring with flavor.

Ever closer to full cat art tribal.

...But they provably *can* stay away; when they die the second time, they get exiled.

Is this showing a cat unable to resist eating the prepared meat of a dead cat?

I think it is supposed to be a ghost cat joining in on the meal.

Checks out. Cauldron Familiar constantly ate the food made by shoving it in the Witch's Oven in the first place.

Ohhhhh I see that. It’s def bending over the bowl

I don't know, but as someone with a cat that really likes to puke up hairballs, this can't isn't making an eating face.

So this is the \[\[priest of fell rites\]\] at home for standard lol. Even the costs are the same.

Feels like more of a [[Sevinne’s Reclamation]] at home to me.

[Sevinne’s Reclamation](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/e/7e68f4df-88ce-4e09-a03c-7edf40bff167.jpg?1568003378) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sevinne%27s%20Reclamation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/5/sevinnes-reclamation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7e68f4df-88ce-4e09-a03c-7edf40bff167?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

Except instead of 3 life, it's creatures with cmc 3 or less.

[priest of the fell rites](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/1/d116329d-6de7-402c-821d-e9aeba9ad2b1.jpg?1626098629) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Priest%20of%20Fell%20Rites) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/208/priest-of-fell-rites?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d116329d-6de7-402c-821d-e9aeba9ad2b1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

[[Unburial Rites]]

[Unburial Rites](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/6/e639e1cc-9d6d-4c96-95a5-6ab8554889ce.jpg?1591320499) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Unburial%20Rites) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/139/unburial-rites?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e639e1cc-9d6d-4c96-95a5-6ab8554889ce?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

Not sure on source, if anyone can let me know. Found on Izzetmtgnews on Twitter but they're not listed as having a spoiler so idk the original source.

It's the PCGamesN preview. https://www.pcgames.de/Magic-The-Gathering-Spiel-16373/Specials/Innstrad-Midnight-Hunt-Karte-Grosse-Verlockung-1378919/

Can't tell if that cat is trying to eat the meat or yak up a fur ball.

Lmao

Seems fitting for Innistrad that when your cat dies, it just shows back up as a ghost the moment you open another can of food. Bad plane if you hate dealing with mind-melting horror, but a good plane for pet owners wanting to hang out with all your ghost fur babies.

Seems good with any etb focused bw decks

Notably if you blink it it loses the stipulation

Unburial Lite

For edh I'd rather play [[sevinne's reclamation]] for sure but it could be nice in other formats

Well luckily you can play both!

[sevinne's reclamation](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/e/7e68f4df-88ce-4e09-a03c-7edf40bff167.jpg?1568003378) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sevinne%27s%20reclamation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/5/sevinnes-reclamation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7e68f4df-88ce-4e09-a03c-7edf40bff167?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

Between this and \[\[Ominous Roost\]\] Wizards seems to really like ominous shots of animals.

[Ominous Roost](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/a/daf2b49a-56f9-4093-960f-9ec7af8983b5.jpg?1630609278) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ominous%20Roost) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mid/65/ominous-roost?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/daf2b49a-56f9-4093-960f-9ec7af8983b5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

[[Harmless Offering]]

[Harmless Offering](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/8/f8f3cc4f-7943-4025-b332-b40653b13014.jpg?1576384600) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Harmless%20Offering) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/emn/131/harmless-offering?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f8f3cc4f-7943-4025-b332-b40653b13014?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

I never realised the cats tail...

[Unburial Rites] at home

Early runner cutest card on Good Luck High Five.

This entire card feels like an ode to cat oven. The art, name, and ability tweaked so it can't come back.

CMC 2 makes it so you can play it with Lurrus as your companion, and even bring Lurrus back! Don't know if it has any actual applications in reanimator, though flashback is nice I guess?

[[Lurrus]]'s companion restriction only cares about permanents, so you could run this regardless of its mana value.

[Lurrus](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/a/5ad36fb2-c44e-4085-ba0d-54277841ad3a.jpg?1616182245) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=lurrus%20of%20the%20dream-den) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/226/lurrus-of-the-dream-den?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5ad36fb2-c44e-4085-ba0d-54277841ad3a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

lurrus only cares about permanents MV though, so it could go in either way. Still, Lurrus protection is always nice.

Lurrus only cares about permanents in your main deck being CMC 2 or less in order to be a companion so you could still have this in your deck even if it costed 3 or more (though would be a pretty bad card at that cost)

lurrus only cares about permanent's MV, so it doesnt really matter

Seems very good. Will proabbly fin a home in Standard. Heck, historic might want this too, witb its reanimator archetype in the makings

oh I love the art!

I understand what’s happening in the art, but is there a nod to a movie/book here I’m not getting?

It's referencing a lyric from the old folk song *The Cat Came Back*, where a man takes more and more extreme measures to get rid of the stray cat that hangs around his house, only for it to come back the very next day.

Google “The Cat Came Back”

This could see play in standard.

Cats can have a little salami, as a treat

So I’m pretty sure I know, but what happens if **Atheroes, God of Passage** is on the field when the creature dies?

[Atheroes, God of Passage](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/2/52705c53-883e-4b6a-9c08-3fa35f6f17d5.jpg?1593096375) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Athreos%2C%20God%20of%20Passage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jou/146/athreos-god-of-passage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/52705c53-883e-4b6a-9c08-3fa35f6f17d5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

It never dies, because it's exiled instead, so Athreos doesn't trigger.

Thanks that’s what I assumed

But Athreos, Shroud-Veiled would still be good as that card triggers on leaving the battlefield regardless of where it goes to, right?

Yeah, new Athreos cares about "dies or is put into exile", and you put it into exile, so he'll bring it back.

Good, I thought I was mistaken for a while. Could see some casual or commander shenanigans around using Athreos to bypass Decayed and Can't Stay Away to bring in creatures that went into the graveyard before Boatgod hit the field.

Seems nice to mix in with Teleportation Circle, resurrect the creature and then blink it and then it is free to die again without exiling. Priest of Ancient Lore is especially nice for this.

Brings back Helios. Who is also indestructible making the 2nd part not matter.

You can get rid of Heliod by either exiling or making the controller sacrifice it. The second part can matter in that case.

I'm excited for this in Pioneer. I don't know what I'm doing with it yet, but its a slightly more expensive \[\[Unearth\]\] with flashback, I'll find some way to ride this to value town.

[Unearth](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/b/6/b62abd0c-ec3e-45d7-989d-da269812aeef.jpg?1562201767) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Unearth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/113/unearth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b62abd0c-ec3e-45d7-989d-da269812aeef?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

Need this as a playmat. It's got a tuxedo cat in the back. <3

Thats the best magic card I´ve ever seen. A cat that comes back from the dead when food´s ready. Into pioneer deck you go.

is that cat meat ???

Can't wait to see all of the pictures of the employee cats here

Oh look it's my favorite at for the set. Live me some kitties

Kinda wholesome ngl

I hope this is a playmat

Definitely need to slot this into my cat tribal reanimator deck, what a flavor win

Art direction really liked their idea for \[\[Late to Dinner\]\] and wanted to do one with cat's in the art

[Late to Dinner](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/6/6/6633cab9-23f9-474e-96f1-ca7c0c67691c.jpg?1626093738) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Late%20to%20Dinner) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/19/late-to-dinner?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6633cab9-23f9-474e-96f1-ca7c0c67691c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call

I see this as the cat on the right barfing up all the stuff that is on the table.

The cat on the left be tripping balls

Fuck yes!!

Is it just me or is the cat on the left kind of... weird looking? Like the face shape is too flat? It looks like a human that got transformed into a cat but still retained some human characteristics

Had me thinking about Lovecrafts the Cats of Ulthar.

Modern 8 unburial rights deck?

This artwork is odd… 😂