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Embalmer's Tools

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Embalmer's Tools, Amonkhet printing
Amonkhet AKH · No. 227 2017-04-28

Card text

{2}
Artifact
Activated abilities of creature cards in your graveyard cost {1} less to activate. Tap an untapped Zombie you control: Target player mills a card.
Keywords: Mill
"They might be dead, but these mummies are masters of their trade." —Jace Beleren
EDHREC rank #13116 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

3 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

You can’t normally activate abilities of cards in graveyards. Those that you can activate are those that instruct you to move the card out of a graveyard, or those that specifically say that you can activate them if the card is in your graveyard.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities (such as embalm) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

Any untapped Zombie you control can be tapped to pay the second ability’s activation cost, even one that just came under your control.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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