Burr Grafter
Creature — Spirit
Sacrifice this creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Soulshift 3 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #26659
Burr Grafter gives a creature +1/+1 until end of turn at instant speed — once for free by sacrificing it, or repeatedly by paying two mana each time. That cost structure makes it a worse pump spell than almost any alternative, and it sees play almost nowhere.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Burr Grafter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the format permission is academic — a five-mana 2/2 that taps to grant +1/+1 is outclassed in every one of them. In Commander, where a single card needs to pull significant weight across a 100-card deck, Burr Grafter offers far too little impact for its slot. Pauper is the one format where marginal creatures get a second look, but even there the pump effect is too small and too expensive to matter. Avoid it across the board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Burr Grafter sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you find at the bottom of a common box. That price won't rise; demand simply isn't there to move it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.