Disentomb
Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #8772
Disentomb returns one creature from your graveyard to your hand for one black mana — clean, efficient, and does exactly what it says. It's a role-player, not a staple: fine when you need the cheapest possible recursion, outclassed whenever you can afford something that puts the creature directly onto the battlefield.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Disentomb competes in a crowded field of recursion spells, and most of the time Reanimate, Animate Dead, or even Gravedigger do more work — putting threats into play beats returning them to hand at nearly every table. Where Disentomb earns its slot is in budget builds or storm-adjacent strategies that want to loop cheap spells rather than cheat mana costs. In Pauper it's a legitimate option given the commons-only restriction, and the one-mana cost makes it usable in combo shells that care about spell count. Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pioneer all have faster, more powerful recursion available, so Disentomb rarely sees competitive play in those formats.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Disentomb is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common box without thinking twice about the cost. The price reflects its power level accurately and isn't going anywhere.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.