First printed in Dark Ascension (2012)

All 8 prints

Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #222, 2024
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #324, 2021
Core Set 2020 (M20) #227, 2019
Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) #227p, 2019
Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) #227s, 2019
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #69989, 2018 (digital)
Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #221, 2017
Dark Ascension (DKA) #149, 2012

Grafdigger's Cage

Artifact

Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield.
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.

In the last 30 days 40.0% of Modern decks played it (54 of 135). Most played in Golgari Broodscale. In the last 30 days 10.6% of Legacy decks played it (11 of 104). Most played in UBG (unclassified).

Staple

Modern staples: sideboard, 40% of decks (#1)
Colorless, Artifacts, Graveyard hate
Legacy staples: sideboard, 10% of decks (#24)
Colorless, Artifacts, Graveyard hate
Vintage staples: sideboard, 42% of decks (#3)
Colorless, Artifacts, Graveyard hate

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 54 of 135 decks (40.0%).

Share of decks

40.0%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 54 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

58%

18 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Golgari Broodscale	15.6%	100%
Moonshadow	11.1%	40%
Eldrazi Tron	6.7%	100%
Amulet Titan	5.9%	25%
Affinity	5.2%	100%
BG (unclassified)	3.0%	25%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	3.0%	25%
UB (unclassified)	3.0%	75%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Amulet Titan kanister in Modern Challenge 16	8-0 100%
Amulet Titan Boucha in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Golgari Broodscale justFeather in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Golgari Broodscale toutoune10 in Modern Challenge 32	7-2 78%
Affinity sioutis_kk in Modern Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Golgari Broodscale KadettiKersantti in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Eldrazi Tron Odin2015 in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Moonshadow komattaman in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Golgari Broodscale toutoune10, 28 Oct	1 side	#2 7-2
Golgari Broodscale justFeather, 28 Oct	2 side	#7 4-3
Mono-Green JMAK2000, 28 Oct	1 side	#8 4-3
Golgari Broodscale caquaa, 28 Oct	1 side	#11 4-2
Affinity solaec0501, 28 Oct	1 side	#13 4-2
Mono-Blue E90_DeliveryBoy, 28 Oct	1 side	#15 4-2
Golgari Broodscale derlumberzack, 28 Oct	2 side	#22 3-3
Golgari Broodscale Jumba, 28 Oct	1 side	#26 3-3

Legacy Other periods →

In 11 of 104 decks (10.6%).

Share of decks

10.6%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

1 main, 10 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

55%

1 top 8 (challenges only)