First printed in Core Set 2019 (2018)
All 6 prints
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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.
- Illustrated by
- Vincent Proce
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)
- If another creature you control dies at the same time that Open the Graves leaves the battlefield, you'll get a Zombie token.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
130 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Open the Graves + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Viscera Seer
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Carrion Feeder + Open the Graves + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Blood Artist + Open the Graves + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Open the Graves + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Zulaport Cutthroat (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Open the Graves + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Bastion of Remembrance + Open the Graves + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Open the Graves + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Woe Strider
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Bartolomé del Presidio + Open the Graves + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Nether Traitor + Open the Graves + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Open the Graves + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Umbral Collar Zealot