Unburied Earthcarver
Creature — Human Warrior
, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #21663
Unburied Earthcarver puts a 6/5 trampler on the board and ramps you simultaneously — that combination on a single card is rare enough to pay attention to. The graveyard setup cost is real, but in any deck already filling its bin, this is a two-for-one that closes games.
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, Unburied Earthcarver slots cleanly into graveyard-centric strategies — reanimator, self-mill, and sacrifice loops — where the enabler cost is already being paid by the rest of the deck. Competitive non-Commander formats haven't given it a real home yet; Modern and Pioneer have faster, more redundant threats at this slot, and Legacy simply has better options at every step. Standard is the format most likely to showcase it near-term, where a 6/5 trampler at reasonable cost can dominate a board state when set mechanics align. Pauper is where it has the most untested upside — a body this large with built-in ramp is rare at common, and any Pauper graveyard shell that can satisfy the condition consistently should be testing it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Unburied Earthcarver is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up in a pile without thinking about it. Bulk rares with niche-but-real applications rarely spike hard, but if a graveyard archetype in Standard or Pauper breaks out, this is exactly the card that jumps from a nickel to a couple of dollars overnight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.