Gravedigger
Odyssey 140 • common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Collector number
- 140
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Tony Szczudlo
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
When this creature enters, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Oddly, no one questioned the Cabal's wisdom in hiring a zombie to work at the cemetery.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Gravedigger was released in 2001 as part of the Odyssey expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a common creature, it was designed to provide a foundational utility effect for black-aligned decks, allowing players to return a creature card from their graveyard to their hand. This ability, often referred to by players as recursion, became a staple mechanic for the color, emphasizing the thematic focus of the set on graveyard-related interactions.
The artwork for this specific iteration was illustrated by Tony Szczudlo, who leaned into the dark, gothic aesthetic typical of Magic's visual identity during the early 2000s. Szczudlo's portrayal of the undead figure captures the decaying atmosphere of the Odyssey setting, which took place on the war-torn continent of Otaria. The card was well-received by the player base for its simple yet highly effective tactical value, leading to its inclusion in numerous core sets and reprints in the years that followed.
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