301 Commander-legal cards are graveyard hate. The most-played are Bojuka Bog, Farewell and Scavenger Grounds (card data dated November 11, 2026).
Graveyard hate exiles cards from graveyards or stops them being used, the answer to reanimation. 301 Commander-legal cards, most-played first.
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Best graveyard hate cards in Commander
Ranked most-played first, the best graveyard hate cards in Commander are Bojuka Bog, Farewell, Scavenger Grounds, Rakdos Charm and Dauthi Voidwalker. Every card on this list is legal in Commander as of the card data dated November 11, 2026.
What these cards do
Graveyard hate answers decks that use the graveyard as a second hand: reanimation, flashback, escape and recursion. Bojuka Bog and Tormod's Crypt exile one player's graveyard, Relic of Progenitus exiles them all, Rest in Peace and Leyline of the Void send cards to exile instead of a graveyard, and Grafdigger's Cage stops creature cards there from entering the battlefield.
They differ in reach and timing. Scavenging Ooze and Cling to Dust exile one card at a time, again and again, Soul-Guide Lantern and Farewell empty every opponent's graveyard or every graveyard at once, and Dauthi Voidwalker exiles your opponents' cards and later lets you play one of them.
Rules note: a card that moves from one zone to another becomes a new object, so a creature card exiled from a graveyard in response to a reanimation spell is an illegal target, and the spell does nothing to it.
The list
301 cards in all. The 60 most-played are listed here, each linked to its page with printings, prices and format legality.
Commander-legal cards whose rules text exiles a whole graveyard, exiles cards from a graveyard that is not only yours, sends cards to exile instead of a graveyard (or an opponent's graveyard), or stops cards in graveyards from being cast, targeted, put onto the battlefield or used. Exiling only from your own graveyard, an exile a player may choose to make, and effects that exile cards only to put them onto the battlefield again are not listed. One entry per card, most-played first.
Built from the card data dated 2026-11-11.
Frequently asked questions
What is graveyard hate in MTG?
Cards that stop the graveyard being used as a resource. A graveyard is a player's discard pile, where countered, discarded, destroyed and sacrificed cards go (rule 404.1); graveyard hate exiles those cards or stops other cards using them. A card that leaves a graveyard becomes a new object with no memory of its previous existence (rule 400.7).
Do dies triggers work with Rest in Peace?
No. Rest in Peace replaces the move to a graveyard with a move to exile, and an event that is replaced never happens (rule 614.6). Dies means is put into a graveyard from the battlefield (rule 700.4), so abilities that trigger when a creature dies don't trigger; abilities that trigger when it leaves the battlefield still do.
Can I exile a card in response to a reanimation spell?
Yes. A spell checks its targets as it resolves, and a target that is no longer in the zone it was in when it was targeted is illegal (rule 608.2b). Exiling the targeted card at instant speed, with Scavenging Ooze, Tormod's Crypt or Relic of Progenitus, leaves the spell nothing to return.
Sources
Comprehensive Rules, effective September 25, 2026: rule 404.1 (graveyards), rule 400.7 (a card that changes zones becomes a new object), rule 614.6 (replaced events), rule 700.4 (dies) and rule 608.2b (illegal targets).
Mana Grove card database, MTGJSON build of November 11, 2026: the rules text, type line and Commander legality of every card on this list, and the deck-inclusion popularity rank behind its order.