Ghastly Remains
Creature — Zombie
Amplify 1 (As this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each Zombie card you reveal in your hand.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is in your graveyard, you may pay 
. If you do, return it to your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #28085
Ghastly Remains is a recursive threat that keeps coming back from the graveyard as long as you have three or more opponents with ten or fewer life — exactly the kind of late-game pressure black zombie and attrition decks want. The cost is real: that condition means it does nothing until multiple opponents are nearly dead, so it earns its slot only in decks that can reliably grind tables to that point.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Ghastly Remains — multiplayer means three opponents to track toward that ten-life threshold, and long games give attrition strategies time to drag everyone into range. In Legacy and Vintage, where the card is technically legal, it sees no play; those formats end too fast and on too few opponents for the recursion condition to ever matter. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer structure but games tend to be faster and more explosive, which cuts against the grind-them-down gameplan Ghastly Remains needs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Ghastly Remains is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap acquisition for any black graveyard list. That price reflects narrow playability rather than supply, so don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.