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Purify the Grave

Commander 2019 #71 uncommon
Instant |
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Purify the Grave

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Live Value $0.28
Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)
Reprint Profile:
Printed 2 times ELEVATED

Reprinted 2x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Commander 2019).

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Rarity
uncommon
Set Origin
Daily Shift
0.00%
EDHREC Rank
#19,910
Mana Cost
mana symbol

Oracle Data

Card Type Instant
Color Identity White
🖋️ Curator's Notes
Exile target card from a graveyard.

Flashback W (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."

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Official Judge Precedents

8 Precedents

Purify the Grave can't be used in response to a spell being cast with flashback or a spell that requires cards to exiled from a graveyard as an additional cost to try and counter the spell or prevent it from being cast.

If it's your turn, and you cast a spell with flashback from your hand, you'll have priority to cast that spell again using flashback before any other player has priority to cast Purify the Grave in order to remove that card from your graveyard.

"Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2019-08-23
Artist Reference: Drew Baker
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Reprint

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer not_legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl not_legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh not_legal
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