Graveyard Shift (SNC #81)
Graveyard Shift is a uncommon printing from Streets of New Capenna (SNC #81), a Sorcery. Illustrated by Liiga Smilshkalne.
Card text
This spell has flash as long as there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard.
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"Up and at 'em, buddy. We've got more work to do."
Details
| Mana cost | {4}{B} |
|---|---|
| Type | Sorcery |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Set | Streets of New Capenna (SNC) |
| Collector number | 81 |
| Artist | Liiga Smilshkalne |
| Released | 2022-04-29 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.20, foil $0.21 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Not legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Not legal |
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Rulings
- April 29, 2022 — The game checks whether it is legal to cast a spell before costs are determined or mana abilities are activated while casting it. If cards are removed from your graveyard after that point, such as by exiling Jack-o'-Lantern from your graveyard to pay for its mana ability, this won't affect whether you can legally cast Graveyard Shift, even if that reduces the number of mana values in your graveyard to below five.
- April 29, 2022 — If an effect allows you to cast Graveyard Shift from your graveyard, you may cast it any time you could cast an instant if you have five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard immediately before you begin to cast it, even if moving it to the stack would reduce that number to four.
- April 29, 2022 — “Five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard” means there are at least five mana values among those cards.
- April 29, 2022 — The mana value of a split card in the graveyard is the total mana value of both halves of that card. It does not have two mana values.
- April 29, 2022 — The mana value of a double-faced card in your graveyard is always the mana value of the front face.
- April 29, 2022 — X is 0 when determining the mana value of a card in your graveyard.
- April 29, 2022 — The mana value of a land card is 0.