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Unearth

Unearth

{B}

Sorcery

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Cycling
Set
The Zeta Set (SLZ #293)
Rarity
Common
Mana value
1
Released
2026-09-02
Artist
MSCHF
EDHREC rank
#952
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
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 0.16
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
DrawRecursion

Combos 29

Eternal Witness+Phyrexian Altar+Unearth
{B}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
2,486 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashnod's Altar+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
1,978 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Viscera Seer+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite scry 1
1,380 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Goblin Bombardment+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
1,240 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Phyrexian Altar+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
1,061 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Altar of Dementia+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
723 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dualcaster Mage+Carrion Feeder+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
675 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist+Spellseeker+Culling the Weak+Shallow Grave+Burnt Offering+Finale of Promise+Reanimate+Entomb+Archaeomancer+Unearth
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite death triggers
668 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blasting Station+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
506 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Umbral Collar Zealot+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite surveil
327 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Woe Strider+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite scry 1
140 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dualcaster Mage+Unearth+Yahenni, Undying Partisan
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
79 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dualcaster Mage+Bartolomé del Presidio+Unearth
{R}{W}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
78 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Thermopod+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite red mana
43 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dualcaster Mage+Unearth+Bloodthrone Vampire
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinitely large creature until end of turn
19 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Spawning Pit+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite charge counters on a permanentInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
18 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dualcaster Mage+Bloodflow Connoisseur+Unearth
{B}{R}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
15 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dualcaster Mage+Unearth+Phantom Train
{B}{R}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine+Dualcaster Mage+Unearth
{R}{W}{B}
Infinite artifact tokensInfinite Blood tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Phantasmal Image+Phyrexian Altar+Unearth+Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dualcaster Mage+Unearth+Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
{B}{R}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Phantasmal Image+Phyrexian Altar+Unearth+Mirror Box
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Protean Raider+Phyrexian Altar+Unearth+Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dualcaster Mage+Grimgrin, Corpse-Born+Unearth
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Protean Raider+Phyrexian Altar+Unearth+Mirror Gallery
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Phantasmal Image+Phyrexian Altar+Unearth+Mirror Gallery
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Phantasmal Image+Phyrexian Altar+Unearth+Council of Reeds
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Protean Raider+Phyrexian Altar+Unearth+Mirror Box
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Protean Raider+Phyrexian Altar+Unearth+Council of Reeds
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 29 combos.

Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2019-06-14

    If a card in a player's graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

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