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Graveyard Shift

Black

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Graveyard Shift, Streets of New Capenna printing
Streets of New Capenna SNC · No. 81 2022-04-29

Card text

{4}{B}
Sorcery
This spell has flash as long as there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard. Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"Up and at 'em, buddy. We've got more work to do."
EDHREC rank #19953 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 ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

7 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If an effect allows you to cast Graveyard Shift from your graveyard, you may cast it any time you could cast an instant if you have five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard immediately before you begin to cast it, even if moving it to the stack would reduce that number to four.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

The mana value of a land card is 0.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

“Five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard” means there are at least five mana values among those cards.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

X is 0 when determining the mana value of a card in your graveyard.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

The mana value of a double-faced card in your graveyard is always the mana value of the front face.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

The mana value of a split card in the graveyard is the total mana value of both halves of that card. It does not have two mana values.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

The game checks whether it is legal to cast a spell before costs are determined or mana abilities are activated while casting it. If cards are removed from your graveyard after that point, such as by exiling Jack-o'-Lantern from your graveyard to pay for its mana ability, this won't affect whether you can legally cast Graveyard Shift, even if that reduces the number of mana values in your graveyard to below five.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

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