Grave Strength
Sorcery
Choose target creature. Mill three cards, then put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each creature card in your graveyard. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #16731
Grave Strength puts +1/+1 counters equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard on a creature and gives it trample — in the right deck, that's a one-mana pump spell that swings for lethal. It's a do-nothing card outside of graveyard strategies, but inside them it's underpriced for what it threatens.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Grave Strength is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games mean graveyards fill up naturally, and commanders like Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord or Skullbriar, the Walking Grave turn its scaling into a one-hit kill. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too conditional; aggressive graveyard decks in those formats want payoffs that don't require setup, and a sorcery-speed pump spell rarely makes the cut over self-mill threats. Legacy has the graveyard density to make it pop, but the format moves fast enough that one-mana sorceries competing with Brainstorm-fueled consistency rarely earn a slot. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Grave Strength is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that punches hard in the right shell. Bulk rares this niche don't tend to spike unless a commander releases that puts them front and center, so treat it as a cheap pickup and don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.