Corpse Cobble
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice any number of creatures.
Create an X/X blue and black Zombie creature token with menace, where X is the total power of the sacrificed creatures.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #18588
Corpse Cobble makes a Zombie whose power and toughness equal the total power of the creatures you sacrificed — instant speed, which means you can do it in response to a board wipe and walk away with a single massive threat. The cost is real: you're trading your whole board for one body with no evasion baked in.
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 |
In Commander, Corpse Cobble earns its slot specifically in Zombie tribal decks that generate token fodder — it converts a board of 1/1 decayed tokens into a single massive creature at instant speed, which is the relevant text when someone casts a board wipe. Outside of Zombie synergy, the card is too narrow; a dedicated sacrifice payoff like Ashnod's Altar does more work in general token shells. In constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, Corpse Cobble is theoretically legal but sees no meaningful play — the ceiling on a single vanilla Zombie body, even a large one, doesn't compete with what those formats demand. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem compounded by the sheer power density of those environments.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Corpse Cobble is deep bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the sleeve. It holds no financial value, but it doesn't need to: the correct reason to run it is strategic fit in a Zombie token deck, not budget optimization.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.