Grave Birthing (BFZ #93)
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Grave Birthing is a common printing from Battle for Zendikar (BFZ #93), a Instant. Illustrated by Craig J Spearing.
Card text
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Target opponent exiles a card from their graveyard. You create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."
Draw a card.
Details
| Mana cost | {2}{B} |
|---|---|
| Type | Instant |
| Rarity | Common |
| Set | Battle for Zendikar (BFZ) |
| Collector number | 93 |
| Artist | Craig J Spearing |
| Released | 2015-10-02 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.09, foil $0.42 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Not legal |
| Timeless | Not legal |
| Gladiator | Not legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Not legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Not legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Legal |
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Rulings
- August 25, 2015 — The target opponent chooses which card to exile as Grave Birthing resolves.
- August 25, 2015 — You can cast Grave Birthing targeting an opponent with an empty graveyard. Even though that player won't exile a card from their graveyard, you'll still get an Eldrazi Scion and draw a card.
- August 25, 2015 — Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.
- August 25, 2015 — A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.
- August 25, 2015 — Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.
- August 25, 2015 — Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
- August 25, 2015 — If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.
- August 25, 2015 — Eldrazi Scions are similar to Eldrazi Spawn, seen in the Zendikar block. Note that Eldrazi Scions are 1/1, not 0/1.
- August 25, 2015 — Eldrazi and Scion are each separate creature types. Anything that affects Eldrazi will affect these tokens, for example.
- August 25, 2015 — Sacrificing an Eldrazi Scion creature token to add {C} is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
- August 25, 2015 — Some instants and sorceries that create Eldrazi Scions require targets. If all targets for such a spell have become illegal by the time that spell tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't get any Eldrazi Scions.
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