Pull from the Grave
Sorcery
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. You gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #16616
Pull from the Grave returns any creature or planeswalker from your graveyard to hand for a single black mana at instant speed. Cheap, flexible, and usable on anyone else's end step — it punches above its cost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pull from the Grave competes with Reanimate and Animate Dead for graveyard recovery slots, and it loses on raw power — returning to hand rather than directly to the battlefield is a real cost. Where it earns its slot is in decks that need to recast from hand to trigger commander synergies, or in metas where direct reanimation gets hated out. In competitive 1v1 formats like Legacy and Vintage, one mana at instant speed is the floor for playability, and Pull from the Grave meets that bar, though Snapback and Regrowth effects with broader scope mostly edge it out. Pauper is where it looks most attractive: the instant-speed creature or planeswalker recovery at common rarity fills a real gap, and the format's slower pace makes the hand-return clause less punishing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Pull from the Grave is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not buying it as a deliberate purchase. That price is stable indefinitely; there's no spike scenario for a narrow single-black instant at this power level.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.