Cards that shuffle graveyards back into the library

39 Commander-legal cards that shuffle graveyards back into the library are on this list. The most-played are Kozilek, Butcher of Truth; Finale of Revelation; and Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (card data dated November 1, 2026).

These cards shuffle a graveyard back into its owner's library, to refill a deck or undo a graveyard plan. 39 Commander-legal cards, most-played first.

What these cards do

These cards put a graveyard back into a library and shuffle it, to refill a deck that is running out or to take away the cards an opponent wanted to reanimate or cast again. Some act on one graveyard, like Reminisce, Feldon's Cane and Thran Foundry; others on every graveyard at once, like Mnemonic Nexus.

Many of the most-played are wheels that shuffle hands and graveyards together and then draw seven, such as Echo of Eons, Commit // Memory and Timetwister, or big spells that refill you, such as Finale of Revelation. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre shuffles its owner's graveyard into the library when it is put there, so it rarely stays in a graveyard long enough to be reanimated.

Rules note: an instruction to shuffle a graveyard into a library applies to every card in that graveyard, and in Commander, a commander that would go to the library can go to the command zone instead.

The list

39 cards in all, most-played first. Every card links to its page with printings, prices and format legality.

  1. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (Legendary Creature - Eldrazi)
  2. Finale of Revelation (Sorcery)
  3. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (Legendary Creature - Eldrazi)
  4. Echo of Eons (Sorcery)
  5. Commit // Memory (Instant)
  6. The Mending of Dominaria (Enchantment - Saga)
  7. Timetwister (Sorcery)
  8. Spirit Water Revival (Sorcery)
  9. Blessed Respite (Instant)
  10. Gaea's Blessing (Sorcery)
  11. Primal Command (Sorcery)
  12. Enhanced Surveillance (Enchantment)
  13. Day's Undoing (Sorcery)
  14. Campfire (Artifact)
  15. Time Reversal (Sorcery)
  16. Time Spiral (Sorcery)
  17. Clear the Mind (Sorcery)
  18. Feldon's Cane (Artifact)
  19. Elixir (Artifact)
  20. Step Between Worlds (Sorcery)
  21. Learn from the Past (Instant)
  22. Game Plan (Sorcery)
  23. Psychic Spiral (Instant)
  24. Emergency Powers (Instant)
  25. Cranial Archive (Artifact)
  26. Weftwalking (Enchantment)
  27. Struggle // Survive (Instant)
  28. Paradigm Shift (Sorcery)
  29. Archangel's Light (Sorcery)
  30. Temporal Cascade (Sorcery)
  31. Jace, the Living Guildpact (Legendary Planeswalker - Jace)
  32. Diminishing Returns (Sorcery)
  33. Quest for Ancient Secrets (Enchantment)
  34. Reminisce (Sorcery)
  35. Turtles in Time (Sorcery)
  36. Thran Foundry (Artifact)
  37. Mnemonic Nexus (Instant)
  38. Immortus, Master of Eternity (Legendary Creature - Human Hero Villain)
  39. Elvish Soultiller (Creature - Elf Mutant)

How this list is built

Commander-legal cards whose rules text shuffles a whole graveyard, or all of its cards of one kind, into its owner's library: yours, a target player's or every player's, as each card was judged against the question "cards that shuffle graveyards back into the library". Cards that return only a few chosen cards are not listed. One entry per card, most-played first.

Built from the card data dated 2026-11-01.

Scry's answer

Results on . The six cards on this list that Scry ranked highest that day for "cards that shuffle graveyards back into the library".

  1. Spirit Water Revival {1}{U}{U}: As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may waterbend {6}.
  2. Feldon's Cane {1}: {T}, Exile this artifact: Shuffle your graveyard into your library.
  3. Paradigm Shift {1}{U}: Exile all cards from your library.
  4. Finale of Revelation {X}{U}{U}: Draw X cards.
  5. Gaea's Blessing {1}{G}: Target player shuffles up to three target cards from their graveyard into their library.
  6. Campfire {1}: {1}, {T}: You gain 2 life.

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Frequently asked questions

What does "shuffle your graveyard into your library" mean?

You put every card from your graveyard into your library, then randomize the library (rules 400.12 and 701.24a). Your graveyard is empty afterward and the cards come back as future draws, so a deck close to running out gets more turns before drawing from an empty library loses the game (rule 121.4).

Can I shuffle an opponent's graveyard into their library?

Yes, with a card that targets a player: Reminisce, Thran Foundry, Learn from the Past and Cranial Archive can name an opponent, which answers a reanimation or flashback plan before it starts. A card always goes to its owner's library (rule 400.3).

What happens to my commander if my graveyard is shuffled away?

If your commander is in your graveyard when it would be shuffled into your library, you may put it into the command zone instead (rule 903.9b). Usually it isn't there at all: a commander put into a graveyard can go to the command zone right away (rule 903.9a).

Do these cards stop graveyard decks?

For a while. Shuffling an opponent's graveyard away at instant speed, with Learn from the Past or Mnemonic Nexus, answers what is there now, but the graveyard fills again. Some work only on your own: Elixir shuffles back your nonland cards and gains life for them, and Psychic Spiral makes a player mill that many cards (rule 701.17a).

Sources

  • Comprehensive Rules, effective September 25, 2026: rules 400.3 and 400.12 (zones), rule 701.24a (shuffling), rule 121.4 (drawing from an empty library), rules 903.9a and 903.9b (a commander changing zones) and rule 701.17a (mill).
  • Mana Grove card database, MTGJSON build of November 1, 2026: the rules text, type line and Commander legality of every card on this list, and the deck-inclusion popularity rank behind its order.
  • Scry, Mana Grove's semantic card search, and a search of the cards' rules text: the candidates, each card judged against the question; membership checked against each card's rules text on October 31, 2026; the Scry answer above from retrieval package 0.1.29.

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