Unmake the Graves
Instant
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #22217
Unmake the Graves puts up to five creatures from any graveyard into your hand for five mana — meaningful card advantage stapled to graveyard hate. The convoke clause can make it effectively free in a creature-heavy board state, which is where this card goes from fine to genuinely good.
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, Unmake the Graves earns its slot in any deck that floods the board with creatures, since convoke regularly cuts the mana cost in half or better. In Pauper, it's a legitimate engine piece in convoke or sacrifice shells where refueling from the graveyard is part of the game plan. Competitive formats like Modern and Legacy have faster, cheaper recursion options, so Unmake the Graves rarely makes the cut there. Pioneer sits in the same boat — the card is legal but outclassed by more efficient alternatives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Unmake the Graves is pure bulk — you're picking it up out of a commons box, not a binder. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but this one doesn't need to: the cost of admission is low enough that running it in a convoke or reanimator shell is a no-brainer.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.