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Disturbed Burial

Sorcery

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Tempest
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#18415
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Disturbed Burial card art
Disturbed Burial puts a creature from your graveyard on top of your library — not into your hand, not onto the battlefield — so its value lives entirely in what you're setting up, not what you're getting now. The buyback cost keeps it reusable across multiple turns, which is the whole reason to run it: in a Phage the Untouchable shell, repeatedly topping your library with Hooded Hydra or Phage herself to dodge problematic draw steps is exactly the niche this card was built for.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Phage the Untouchable

Phage the Untouchable

15.6% of decks · synergy 0.15

Phage the Untouchable demands you never cast her from anywhere but your hand, and Disturbed Burial's buyback recursion lets you re-top your library with Phage turn after turn — guaranteeing she's always a clean hand cast rather than a lethal trigger waiting to misfire.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Disturbed Burial is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, and Commander is where it actually sees play — the 100-card singleton graveyard loops and buyback engines that define the format make repeated topdeck manipulation meaningful in a way that other formats don't support. In Legacy and Vintage, there are simply faster and more impactful ways to recur threats, so Disturbed Burial doesn't compete. Pauper is its most interesting non-Commander home: common-legal recursion with buyback is genuinely rare, and a controlling deck willing to spend the mana can loop it to great effect. In Oathbreaker the card is legal but niche — the shorter games shrink the window for buyback value.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Disturbed Burial is deep bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. Bulk buyback cards rarely spike without a dedicated archetype breakout, so treat this as a cheap pickup for the specific decks that want it and nothing more.

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