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Shallow Grave
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
MirageMIR · #141
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 80.54 € · 110.90 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- John Coulthart
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1996-10-08
Flavour text
Good help is hard to dig up.
Rulings
Only exiles the creature if the creature is still on the battlefield at the beginning of the end step.