Hallowed Burial
Sorcery
Put all creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.98
- EDHREC rank
- #15631
Hallowed Burial clears the entire board and puts every creature on the bottom of its owner's library — no death triggers, no graveyard recursion, no commander tax dodging. Five mana is the real cost, and in Commander that's a clean trade.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hallowed Burial earns its slot specifically because it beats the zone — commanders go to the bottom of the library instead of the command zone, forcing a full redraw rather than a reploy. In Legacy and Vintage it's too slow and too narrow; those formats end games before a five-mana sorcery resolves, and spot removal or cheaper sweepers handle threats more efficiently. Modern is the same story: five mana at sorcery speed doesn't compete with the format's clock. Commander is where Hallowed Burial belongs, and within that format it's a premier answer to reanimator strategies, undying creatures, and any commander whose death trigger you'd rather not see.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.98 bulk tier
At $0.98, Hallowed Burial sits at bulk pricing despite being one of the cleanest anti-recursion wraths in Commander. The price reflects limited reprint demand rather than limited playability — it's a straightforward include that won't strain any budget.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.