Graven Abomination
Artifact Creature — Horror
Whenever this creature attacks, exile target card from defending player's graveyard.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #23909
Graven Abomination exiles a card from any graveyard whenever it attacks, stapling graveyard hate onto a 3/2 body with menace for three mana. The rate is mediocre and the effect too slow to answer dedicated graveyard decks, making it a fringe inclusion at best.
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, Graven Abomination competes against instant-speed graveyard hate like Tormod's Crypt and Scavenging Ooze, and it loses that comparison badly — one exile per attack cycle won't keep up with reanimator or flashback strategies. Pauper is the format where it has the most plausible home, since the hate options at common are narrower and a menace attacker that incidentally exiles has more relative value. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the card simply doesn't meet the bar; those formats demand faster, more reliable graveyard interaction than a combat-dependent creature provides.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Graven Abomination is deep bulk — you'll find it in common boxes or throw-in binders without looking hard. That price reflects the card's power level accurately, and there's no reason to expect movement.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.