First printed in Core Set 2019 (2018)
Creature — Bird Spirit
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Once every seven years it flies on spectral wings over the moors of ancient battlefields.
5/5
- Illustrated by
- Daniel Ljunggren
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Ruling (1)
- Gravewaker’s ability can be activated only while it’s on the battlefield. It can’t return itself from your graveyard.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 2 Nov 2026).
Combos
38 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Gravewaker + Illuminor Szeras + Thornbite Staff
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Delaying Shield + Gravewaker + Vampire Hexmage
- Infinite turns, Lock: Coretapper + Gravewaker + Magistrate's Scepter
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite Treasure tokens…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Gravewaker + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite Treasure tokens…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder + Gravewaker
- Infinite Treasure tokens, Infinite artifact ETB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Bloodthrone Vampire + Gravewaker
- Infinite Treasure tokens, Infinite artifact ETB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Gravewaker + Spawning Pit
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite Treasure tokens…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Gravewaker + Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Gravewaker + Umbral Collar Zealot
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Amulet of Vigor + Ancient Adamantoise + Gravewaker + Umbral Collar Zealot
