First printed in Innistrad (2011)

All 9 prints

Shadows of the Past (SIS) #36, 2023 (digital)
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #95, 2022
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #111, 2021
The List (PLST) #ISD-122, 2020
Historic Anthology 3 (HA3) #14, 2020 (digital)
Commander 2020 (C20) #139, 2020
Ultimate Masters (UMA) #119, 2018
Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #85, 2017
Innistrad (ISD) #122, 2011

Unburial Rites

Sorcery

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback 3 generic White (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (9 of 6150). Most played in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.. In the last 30 days 10.0% of Duel Commander decks played it (8 of 80). Most played in WUB (unclassified).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Unburial Rites in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR), Premier Draft	50.4%	-3.8	-2.2	1248

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Staple

Duel Commander staples: main deck, 6% of decks (#394)
Black, Sorceries, Recursion

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

2 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Win the game: Balustrade Spy + Mana Severance + Thassa's Oracle + Unburial Rites
Win the game: Mana Severance + Thassa's Oracle + Unburial Rites + Undercity Informer

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not 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 9 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

9 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

4 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.	2.0%	1%
The Wandering Minstrel	0.4%	14%
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir	0.1%	50%
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk	0.0%	50%
Varina, Lich Queen	0.0%	50%
Kathril, Aspect Warper	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Command Tower	89%	1.0
Marsh Flats	78%	1.5
Polluted Delta	78%	1.1
Cavern of Souls	67%	2.0
Windswept Heath	67%	1.2
Flooded Strand	67%	0.9
Meticulous Archive	56%	30.2
Frantic Search	56%	9.5
Entomb	56%	6.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
The Wandering Minstrel Noah Long in Trainer J's 100% Proxy Legal CEDH Tournament	3-2 60%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
The Wandering Minstrel Noah Long, 25 Oct	1 main	#7 1-2
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk Jeffrey Knapper, 17 Oct	1 main	#9 0-2
The Wandering Minstrel Noah Long, 17 Oct	1 main	#27 0-2
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir Davide Cat, 15 Oct	1 main	#6 0-0
Kathril, Aspect Warper Daniel, 5 Oct	1 main	#12 0-2
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Aznei, 5 Oct	1 main	#19 1-3
The Wandering Minstrel Noah Long, 4 Oct	1 main	#3 3-2
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir Davide Cat, 1 Oct	1 main	#6 1-1

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 8 of 80 decks (10.0%).

Share of decks

10.0%

▲ 4.3 vs previous 30 days