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Open the Graves
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Open the Graves

{3}{B}{B}

Enchantment

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

It was a night like any other. It would soon become a night no one would ever forget.

Set
Core Set 2019 (M19 #112)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
5
Released
2018-07-13
Artist
Vincent Proce
EDHREC rank
#3,853
Colour identity
{B}
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 0.28
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 101

Viscera Seer+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
2,650 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Carrion Feeder+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
1,858 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
1,158 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Woe Strider+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
840 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Bartolomé del Presidio+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{W}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
717 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Phyrexian Altar+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
579 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Altar of Dementia+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
501 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Umbral Collar Zealot+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveil
452 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Viscera Seer+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
407 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Viscera Seer+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
294 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodsoaked Champion+Carrion Feeder+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
271 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Ozox, the Clattering King+Phyrexian Altar+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
234 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Carrion Feeder+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
176 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodsoaked Champion+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
167 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Woe Strider+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
151 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blasting Station+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
142 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Goblin Bombardment+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}{R}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
140 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Viscera Seer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
133 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Woe Strider+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
127 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Oathsworn Vampire+Phyrexian Altar+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
108 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Carrion Feeder+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
98 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Altar of Dementia+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
96 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Cult Conscript+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
86 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Bloodflow Connoisseur+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
85 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Umbral Collar Zealot+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveil
77 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Umbral Collar Zealot+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveil
66 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodsoaked Champion+Bartolomé del Presidio+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{W}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
59 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Goblin Bombardment+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}{R}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
44 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Altar of Dementia+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
43 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Havengul Lich+Grimgrin, Corpse-Born+Relic of Legends+Open the Graves
{U}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
40 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves+Phantom Train
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
37 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Goblin Bombardment+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}{R}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
36 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Woe Strider+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
35 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Altar of Dementia+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
30 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
29 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Umbral Collar Zealot+Open the Graves
{B}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite surveil
25 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Viscera Seer+Open the Graves
{B}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite scry 1
22 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Umbral Collar Zealot+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveil
20 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blasting Station+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
19 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bartolomé del Presidio+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{W}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
19 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
The Last Ride+Salvaging Station+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite tapped creature tokens
17 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blasting Station+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
15 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Ashnod's Altar+Open the Graves
{B}{G}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
14 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
The Balrog, Durin's Bane+Phyrexian Altar+Open the Graves
{B}{R}
Infinite commander castsInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
14 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Bartolomé del Presidio+Open the Graves
{W}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
14 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodsoaked Champion+Bloodflow Connoisseur+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
14 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodflow Connoisseur+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Open the Graves
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Goblin Bombardment+Open the Graves
{B}{R}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Carrion Feeder+Open the Graves
{B}{G}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Woe Strider+Open the Graves
{B}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite scry 1
11 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

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Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2018-07-13

    If another creature you control dies at the same time that Open the Graves leaves the battlefield, you'll get a Zombie token.

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