Silent Gravestone
Artifact
Cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spells or abilities.
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: Exile this artifact and all cards from all graveyards. Draw a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17361
Silent Gravestone shuts off all graveyard targeting for one mana at instant speed — opponents can't reanimate, flashback, or fetch from yards while it's on board, and the activated ability lets you exile the whole pile whenever you want. The catch is that your own graveyard interaction gets locked out too, so it slots cleanly into decks that either ignore the yard entirely or run it alongside something like Immortal Coil where the exile outlet is the point.
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 |
In Commander, Silent Gravestone is a cheap, repeatable answer to graveyard-centric strategies — it blankets the table, not just one opponent, which makes it punch well above its mana cost in pods where reanimator or recursion loops are common threats. It's legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but dedicated graveyard hate in those formats usually comes in faster or more one-sided packages like Rest in Peace or Surgical Extraction, so Silent Gravestone sees essentially no competitive play there. Commander is where it actually earns a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Immortal CoilFractured IdentitySilent Gravestone
Each opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available at the moment — check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a current number. Silent Gravestone has historically sat in the bulk-to-near-bulk range, so if you need a low-cost graveyard tax piece, it's typically an easy pickup.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.