Open the Graves

First printed in Core Set 2019 (2018)

All 6 prints

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Foundations Commander (FDC) #121, 2026
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #97, 2022
Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC) #126, 2021
Core Set 2019 Promos (PM19) #112p, 2020
Core Set 2019 (M19) #112, 2018
Core Set 2019 Promos (PM19) #112s, 2018

Open the Graves

Enchantment

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

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.0% of Commander decks played it (2 of 6150). Most played in Varina, Lich Queen.

Combos

131 combos from Commander Spellbook, 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

See all 131 on Commander Spellbook

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 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 Not 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

Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2

2 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Varina, Lich Queen	0.0%	50%
Gisa and Geralf	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Gisa and Geralf Valentina Rodríguez-Lascano Torres, 9 Oct	1 main	#28 0-3
Varina, Lich Queen Davide Gemma, 1 Oct	1 main	#16 0-1

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