Buried Alive
Buried Alive: Sorcery, Modern Horizons 3. Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
- Released
- 2024-06-14
- Collector number
- 273
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Commander rank
- 364 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Buried Alive
Buried Alive is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), a draft-focused set released in June 2024. It is collector number 273 in that set, with art by Greg Staples. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Weatherlight (1997) to Modern Horizons 3 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.53 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.
The scrape of shovels and the tumble of cold dirt soon muffled their pleas.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.53 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Buried Alive by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Buried Alive
Buried Alive has been printed in 11 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2751 | Rare | 2026 |
| The List (PLST) #WTH-63 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1673 | Rare | 2024 |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) #88 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #59 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Premium Deck Series: Graveborn (PD3) #20 | Uncommon | 2011 |
| Commander 2011 (CMD) #74 | Uncommon | 2011 |
| Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #A39 | Uncommon | 2010 |
| World Championship Decks 2003 (WC03) #pk118 | Uncommon | 2003 |
| World Championship Decks 2003 (WC03) #pk118sb | Uncommon | 2003 |
| Odyssey (ODY) #118 | Uncommon | 2001 |
| Weatherlight (WTH) #63 | Uncommon | 1997 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Buried Alive.
- You can look in your library and then choose to find any number from zero to three creatures after you look at it.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.