Cemetery Tampering
Enchantment
Hideaway 5 (When this enchantment enters, look at the top five cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill three cards. Then if there are twenty or more cards in your graveyard, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2668
Cemetery Tampering turns your graveyard count into a passive mill engine that scales all game, and the cipher mechanic means every successful attack refreshes the effect for free. In decks built around Winter, Cynical Opportunist, it's not a support piece — it's a primary threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Winter, Cynical Opportunist
Winter, Cynical Opportunist mills opponents as a core function, and Cemetery Tampering converts that accumulating graveyard count into an exponential mill loop — each trigger feeds the next.
The Mycotyrant
The Mycotyrant scales off cards in graveyards across all players, so Cemetery Tampering's steady mill output directly translates into more Fungus tokens and a wider board.
The Master of Keys
The Master of Keys wants cards in graveyards to enable its theft and unlock effects, and Cemetery Tampering provides a consistent, low-maintenance way to stock those graveyards without burning card slots on one-shot spells.
The Beamtown Bullies
The Beamtown Bullies pitches creatures into opponents' graveyards to reanimate them as weapons, and Cemetery Tampering accelerates that setup by milling additional targets into exactly the right zone.
Coram, the Undertaker
Coram, the Undertaker rewards casting cards from graveyards, and Cemetery Tampering mills enough volume each turn that Coram reliably finds live targets to steal and swing with.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cemetery Tampering is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — it's broadly accessible, but its home is firmly Commander. In 60-card formats, cipher is awkward: you need a creature to connect, and the mill rate is too slow to close games against decks that win on turns three through five. Commander is where the math works — 100-card libraries mean opponents are never trivially milled out quickly, but Cemetery Tampering's scaling means a deck that feeds it consistently will put real pressure on tables over a long game. Oathbreaker can also support it in graveyard-centric builds, where the lower starting life total compresses the timeline enough to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Cemetery Tampering isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its 60%+ inclusion rate in Winter, Cynical Opportunist lists, demand is real — if it's sitting under $2, pick it up without overthinking it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Winter, Cynical Opportunist
- The Mycotyrant
- The Master of Keys
- The Beamtown Bullies
- Coram, the Undertaker
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.