Purify the Grave
Innistrad 27 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad
- Collector number
- 27
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Drew Baker
- Market price
- $0.10
What it does
Exile target card from a graveyard.
Flashback white mana (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Some priests speak in whispers of the Helvault, a silver prison of unpurged evils.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Purify the Grave was released in 2011 as part of the Innistrad expansion, a set heavily inspired by gothic horror literature and classic monster films. The card serves as a functional graveyard-exile effect, aligning with the set's central mechanical themes of death, resurrection, and the struggle to keep the deceased at rest. It was designed to provide players with a situational tool to combat graveyard-reliant strategies, which were prevalent in the Innistrad block environment.
The card's illustration was created by Igor Kieryluk, whose work in this set emphasizes the gloomy, shadowed aesthetic associated with the world of Innistrad. The artwork depicts a figure performing a sanctification ritual, capturing the melancholic yet vigilant tone of the set's human defenders. Upon its release, it was recognized as a solid utility piece for limited formats and as a sideboard option in competitive play, valued for its flashback ability which offered players a second use of the effect from the graveyard.
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About Purify the Grave
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