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Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed SoulkeeperHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 4 min read· Innistrad: Midnight Hunt· September 24, 2021
Carte Magic Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper

Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

When this creature enters, mill two cards. Whenever you cast a spell from your graveyard, tap target creature you don't control. Disturb {1}{W}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.) Flying This creature can block only creatures with flying. If Departed Soulkeeper would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

How it works : Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    Disturb is found only on the front faces of some double-faced cards.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    If you copy a permanent spell cast this way (perhaps with a card like Double Major), the copy becomes a token that's a copy of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    The back face of each card with disturb has an ability that instructs its controller to exile if it would be put into a graveyard from anywhere. This includes going to the graveyard from the stack, so if the spell is countered after you cast it using the disturb ability, it will be put into exile.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  4. #4· Wizards of the Coast

    "Disturb [cost]" means "You may cast this card transformed from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost."

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  5. #5· Wizards of the Coast

    When you cast a spell using a card's disturb ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all the characteristics of that face.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  6. #6· Wizards of the Coast

    A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  7. #7· Wizards of the Coast

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a disturb cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using disturb is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was. (This is a special rule that applies only to nonmodal double faced-cards, including ones with disturb.)

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Phyrexian Altar
+Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper
+Oketra's Monument
+Humility
#1

Phyrexian Altar + Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper + Oketra's Monument + Humility

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
  1. 1Cast Devoted Grafkeeper from your graveyard for its disturb cost by paying {W}{U}, causing it to enter the battlefield as Departed Soulkeeper.
  2. 2Oketra's Monument triggers, creating a 1/1 Warrior creature token.
  3. 3Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Warrior and Departed Soulkeeper, adding {W}{U}.
  4. 4Departed Soulkeeper is not exiled due to Humility removing its ability.
  5. 5Repeat.
Infinite Reflection
+Composite Golem
+Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper
#2

Infinite Reflection + Composite Golem + Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper

Infinite black manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite green mana
  1. 1Cast Departed Soulkeeper from your graveyard by paying it's disturb cost of {1}{W}{U}.
  2. 2Departed Soulkeeper enters the battlefield as a copy of Composite Golem.
  3. 3Activate Departed Soulkeeper by sacrificing it, adding {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}.
  4. 4Repeat.
Phyrexian Altar
+Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper
+Oketra's Monument
+Dress Down
#3

Phyrexian Altar + Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper + Oketra's Monument + Dress Down

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
  1. 1Cast Devoted Grafkeeper from your graveyard for its disturb cost by paying {W}{U}, causing it to enter the battlefield as Departed Soulkeeper.
  2. 2Oketra's Monument triggers, creating a 1/1 Warrior creature token.
  3. 3Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Warrior and Departed Soulkeeper, adding {W}{U}.
  4. 4Departed Soulkeeper is not exiled due to Dress Down removing its ability.
  5. 5Repeat.
Phyrexian Altar
+Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper
+Oketra's Monument
+Overwhelming Splendor
#4

Phyrexian Altar + Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper + Oketra's Monument + Overwhelming Splendor

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
  1. 1Cast Devoted Grafkeeper from your graveyard for its disturb cost by paying {W}{U}, causing it to enter the battlefield as Departed Soulkeeper.
  2. 2Oketra's Monument triggers, creating a 1/1 Warrior creature token.
  3. 3Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Warrior and Departed Soulkeeper, adding {W}{U}.
  4. 4Departed Soulkeeper is not exiled due to Overwhelming Splendor removing its ability.
  5. 5Repeat.
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Legal formats

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