Grisly Salvage
Commander Anthology 178 • common
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Collector number
- 178
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana green mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Dave Kendall
- Market price
- $0.50
What it does
Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
To the Golgari, anything buried is treasure.
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
Grisly Salvage first appeared in the Return to Ravnica expansion in 2012, designed as a key utility card for the Golgari Swarm guild. Its mechanics reflect the Golgari philosophy of recycling decay into resources, allowing players to look at the top five cards of their library, select a creature or land card, and place the rest into the graveyard. This synergy with graveyard-focused strategies made it an instant staple in Standard, Modern, and Commander formats.
The Commander Anthology version, featuring the card's original artwork by Seb McKinnon, was released in 2017 to provide players with easier access to foundational cards for the multiplayer format. McKinnon’s illustration captures the dark, eerie aesthetic of the Ravnican undercity, employing a muted, atmospheric style that has since become iconic within the game's community. The card is widely praised for its efficiency in facilitating graveyard-based play, remaining a reliable choice for players years after its initial debut.
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