Grafdigger's Cage

Printings

  • Core Set 2020 (M20)#227
  • Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)#222
  • Dark Ascension (DKA)#149
  • Modern Masters 2017 (MM3)#221
  • Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20)#227p
  • Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20)#227s
  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD)#324
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM)#69989

Grafdigger's Cage

Card Information

Type: Artifact

Mana Cost: 1

CMC: 1

Part of the Reserved List: No

Set: Core Set 2020 (M20)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 227

Oracle Text

Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. July 12, 2019

    Look at the card as it exists in your graveyard to determine whether it can enter the battlefield. For example, Sculpting Steel can be put onto the battlefield as a copy of a creature, but Phyrexian Metamorph can't be put onto the battlefield, even if it would copy a noncreature artifact.

    Source: wotc
  2. July 12, 2019

    Manifesting a card from a graveyard or library is an impossible action while Grafdigger's Cage is on the battlefield.

    Source: wotc
  3. July 12, 2019

    If an effect exiles a card from a library and allows a player to cast it, that player may do so. The spell is cast from exile, not a library.

    Source: wotc
  4. July 12, 2019

    Players can still play lands from graveyards or libraries if an effect allows them to do so.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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