Funeral Pyre
Instant
Exile target card from a graveyard. Its owner creates a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Judgment
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #27158
Funeral Pyre exiles a target card from any graveyard and cycles a card to the affected player — the graveyard hate is real, the downside is giving your opponent a free draw. Narrow enough to lose most slots to Tormod's Crypt or Soul-Guide Lantern, but the instant speed and zero mana cost keep it honest in budget builds.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Funeral Pyre is fringe — graveyard recursion is everywhere, but handing an opponent a card the moment you disrupt them is a real cost at a four-player table. Pauper is the format where it sees the most legitimate consideration, since the card pool for graveyard hate is shallower and the instant-speed free cantrip for the opponent matters less in a one-versus-one match. Legacy and Vintage have strictly better options at the same or lower cost, so Funeral Pyre doesn't compete there. It's a serviceable budget inclusion when you need one more piece of exile-based hate and own nothing better.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Funeral Pyre is deep bulk — you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because the slot needs filling and nothing else is in the binder. It won't appreciate; pick it up as a placeholder and upgrade when a Tormod's Crypt or Soul-Guide Lantern crosses your path.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.