Buried Alive
Odyssey 118 • uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Collector number
- 118
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Market price
- $2.98
What it does
Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.
The scrape of shovels and the tumble of cold dirt soon muffled their pleas.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Buried Alive was released in 2001 as part of the Odyssey expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set marked a shift in gameplay philosophy by emphasizing the graveyard as a resource-rich zone rather than a final resting place. The card was designed to facilitate complex strategies, specifically allowing players to tutor cards directly from their deck into their graveyard to enable reanimation effects.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Eric Peterson, who captured a grim, subterranean aesthetic that reflects the card's function of entombing creatures. Within the game's competitive history, Buried Alive became a foundational element of various combo decks, particularly those utilizing the reanimator archetype. It is widely recognized by players for its efficiency and its pivotal role in shaping tournament formats throughout the early 2000s.
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