Cemetery Desecrator

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Cemetery Desecrator: Creature - Zombie, Innistrad: Crimson Vow. Menace. When this creature enters or dies, exile another card from a graveyard. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Zombie
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW)
Released
2021-11-19
Collector number
100
Artist
Dan Murayama Scott
Commander rank
17,565 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Menace

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About Cemetery Desecrator

Cemetery Desecrator is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black creature from Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW), an expansion set released in November 2021. It is collector number 100 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Innistrad: Crimson Vow (2021) to Innistrad: Double Feature (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.52 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Menace

When this creature enters or dies, exile another card from a graveyard. When you do, choose one -

• Remove X counters from target permanent, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

• Target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.52 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Cemetery Desecrator by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Cemetery Desecrator

Cemetery Desecrator has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #95357Mythic2022
Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #367Mythic2022
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos (PVOW) #100pMythic2021
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos (PVOW) #100sMythic2021
Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #366Mythic2021

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Cemetery Desecrator, newest first.

  • The controller of Cemetery Desecrator chooses which counters are removed, and they may remove more than one kind of counter. If the target permanent has fewer than X counters, all of them are removed.
  • After you exile a card from a graveyard, another triggered ability goes on the stack. You choose the mode and target as you put that second ability on the stack, not before you exile a card.

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