Reaping the Graves
Reaping the Graves: Instant, Scourge. Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Storm. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Scourge (SCG)
- Released
- 2003-05-26
- Collector number
- 72
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Commander rank
- 17,050 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Storm
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About Reaping the Graves
Reaping the Graves is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black instant from Scourge (SCG), an expansion set released in May 2003. It is collector number 72 in that set, with art by Ron Spencer. 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 Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Scourge (2003) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.63 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.63 (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 Reaping the Graves by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Reaping the Graves
Reaping the Graves has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #SCG-72 | Common | 2024 |
| Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #A47 | Common | 2010 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Reaping the Graves, newest first.
- The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.
- You may choose new targets for any of the copies. You can make different choices for each copy.
- The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.
- Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered are counted by the storm ability.
- A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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