Exhume
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn 17 • common
- Set
- Premium Deck Series: Graveborn
- Collector number
- 17
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Each player puts a creature card from their graveyard onto the battlefield.
"Death—an outmoded concept. We sleep, and we change."— Sitrik, birth priest
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Exhume originally debuted in the Urza's Saga set in 1998, serving as a powerful graveyard recursion tool that forces both players to return a creature from their graveyard to the battlefield. It quickly became a staple in formats that focus on reanimating high-cost threats for minimal mana investment. The mechanics reflect the dark, necromantic themes prevalent in black-aligned Magic cards, offering a high-risk, high-reward strategy that remains relevant in competitive play.
This specific printing appeared in the 2011 Premium Deck Series: Graveborn, a collection curated to highlight iconic graveyard-themed cards. Carl Critchlow provided the artwork for this version, utilizing his characteristic style to depict the visceral act of pulling a figure from the earth. The aesthetic direction aimed to capture the gritty, macabre tone of the Graveborn theme, and the card was well-received by players for its inclusion in a preconstructed deck that effectively showcased historical power cards with a premium foil finish.
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