Festive Funeral
Instant
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #24815
Festive Funeral deals damage to a target creature or planeswalker equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard — a removal spell that scales with how much the game has progressed. The longer the game runs, the more likely this kills anything on the board cleanly, making it a strong fit in Commander where graveyards fill fast.
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, Festive Funeral is at its best: four players means four graveyards filling up, and by turn five a target's controller likely has eight or more cards in their bin, which is enough to kill most threats. In Pauper it's a real consideration in graveyard-heavy metas, though the damage ceiling is less reliable in a two-player game with faster, leaner decks. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have access to better targeted removal at the same or lower mana cost, so Festive Funeral doesn't compete there. Pioneer sits in the same boat — the card is legal but outclassed.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Festive Funeral is pure bulk — pick up as many as you need without a second thought. Bulk commons with conditional effects rarely appreciate, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.