Grafdigger's Cage
Dark Ascension 149 • rare
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Collector number
- 149
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Market price
- $2.46
What it does
Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield.
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.
"If you wind up in one of mine, you can be sure as silver it will be your last."— Grafdigger Wulmer
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Grafdigger's Cage was released in 2012 as part of the Dark Ascension expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set within the gothic horror world of Innistrad, the card reflects the set's thematic preoccupation with death, graveyard interactions, and the struggle against the undead. Mechanically, it was designed as a powerful sideboard tool to disrupt strategies that rely on reanimation or summoning creatures directly from the library.
The card features artwork by Svetlin Velinov, who utilized a dark, claustrophobic aesthetic to convey the card's function of trapping creatures within the earth. Its design and utility made it an enduring staple in multiple constructed formats, particularly those where graveyard-based engines are prevalent. Upon its release, it was widely praised by competitive players for its precise, efficient role in balancing the game's meta-game architecture.
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