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Embalmer's Tools
USD $0.19
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MTGO 0.03 tix

Embalmer's Tools

{2}

Artifact

Activated abilities of creature cards in your graveyard cost {1} less to activate.

Tap an untapped Zombie you control: Target player mills a card.

"They might be dead, but these mummies are masters of their trade." —Jace Beleren

Mill
Set
Amonkhet (AKH #227)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
2
Released
2017-04-28
Artist
Adrian Majkrzak
EDHREC rank
#12,912
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.06
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 28

Teval, the Balanced Scale+Titans' Nest+Embalmer's Tools
{B}{G}{U}
Exile your library and graveyardNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite tapped creature tokens
620 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Embalmer's Tools+Reassembling Skeleton+Phyrexian Altar
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
333 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Embalmer's Tools+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Altar of Dementia
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mill
128 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Embalmer's Tools+Bloodsoaked Champion+Phyrexian Altar
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
115 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Cult Conscript+Phyrexian Altar+Embalmer's Tools
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
114 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Embalmer's Tools+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Altar of Dementia
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mill
47 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Embalmer's Tools+Phyrexian Altar+Desecrated Tomb+Gutterbones
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
39 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Embalmer's Tools+Phyrexian Altar+Tormod, the Desecrator+Gutterbones
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
27 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Viscera Seer
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1Infinite Treasure tokens
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Goblin Bombardment
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Carrion Feeder
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-millInfinite Treasure tokens
8 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Altar of Dementia
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-millInfinite Treasure tokens
7 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Umbral Collar Zealot
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveilInfinite Treasure tokens
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Embalmer's Tools+Chronosavant+Phyrexian Altar
{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersLockSkip all your future turns
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Haunted Dead+Phyrexian Altar+Embalmer's Tools+Smothering Abomination
{B}
Infinite card drawInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Yahenni, Undying Partisan
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Woe Strider
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1Infinite Treasure tokens
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Haunted Dead+Phyrexian Altar+Embalmer's Tools+Liliana, Dreadhorde General
{B}
Infinite card drawInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Bloodflow Connoisseur
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Bartolomé del Presidio
{B}{R}{G}{W}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Bloodthrone Vampire
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokensInfinitely large creature until end of turn
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Spawning Pit
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite charge counters on a permanentInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Phantom Train
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
{B}{R}{G}{W}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite Blood tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggersInfinite rummagingInfinite self-discard triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Slimefoot and Squee+Pitiless Plunderer+Embalmer's Tools+Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite Treasure tokens
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Haunted Dead+Phyrexian Altar+Embalmer's Tools+Fecundity
{B}{G}
Infinite card drawInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 28 combos.

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2017-04-18

    Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities (such as embalm) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.

  • 2017-04-18

    Any untapped Zombie you control can be tapped to pay the second ability’s activation cost, even one that just came under your control.

  • 2017-04-18

    You can’t normally activate abilities of cards in graveyards. Those that you can activate are those that instruct you to move the card out of a graveyard, or those that specifically say that you can activate them if the card is in your graveyard.

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