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Diregraf Horde

Creature — Zombie

When this creature enters, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. When you do, exile up to two target cards from graveyards. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#17586
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Diregraf Horde card art
Diregraf Horde enters swinging — three bodies, a mill trigger, and a reanimation hook stapled to one card. Five mana is the real cost, and it's worth it in any deck that wants tokens on the board and cards in graveyards, especially alongside Nim Deathmantle for infinite loop potential.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Diregraf Horde is a Commander card — full stop. The five-mana slot in competitive formats like Modern and Legacy is occupied by spells that end the game outright, not cards that mill three and make tokens. In Pauper it's legal but still too slow and too easily outclassed by tempo-efficient commons. Commander is where the enter-the-battlefield trigger, the token production, and the graveyard setup all compound into genuine card advantage, particularly in zombie tribal shells where every part of the text box is pulling weight.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Diregraf Horde is deep bulk — pick it up in any trade binder without a second thought. Bulk zombie tribal pieces at this price floor tend to stay there unless a Commander precon reprint drives sudden demand, so don't expect movement.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.