Grave Venerations
Grave Venerations: Enchantment, Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander. When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)
- Released
- 2026-01-23
- Collector number
- 9
- Artist
- Omar Rayyan
- Commander rank
- 4,429 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Grave Venerations
Grave Venerations is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC), a Commander product released in January 2026. It is collector number 9 in that set, with art by Omar Rayyan. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.59 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.59 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Grave Venerations by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Grave Venerations
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) #29 | Rare | 2026 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Grave Venerations, newest first.
- If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.
- There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
- If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.
- If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
- The game starts with no monarch. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch. There is never more than one monarch at a time.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Grave Venerations is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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