Open the Graves 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
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
How it works : Open the Graves
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If another creature you control dies at the same time that Open the Graves leaves the battlefield, you'll get a Zombie token.
Card named in this ruling
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Viscera Seer + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Open the Graves trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
. - 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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#2
Reassembling Skeleton + Carrion Feeder + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Open the Graves trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 4Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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#3
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Blood Artist + Open the Graves
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Blood Artist, Open the Graves and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Blood Artist trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Open the Graves ability, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life
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#4
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Zulaport Cutthroat + Open the Graves
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Zulaport Cutthroat, Open the Graves and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Zulaport Cutthroat trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Open the Graves ability, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, Zulaport Cutthroat triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life
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#5
Reassembling Skeleton + Yahenni, Undying Partisan + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Yahenni by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Open the Graves trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Yahenni ability.
- 4Activate Yahenni by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Yahenni ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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#6
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Bastion of Remembrance + Open the Graves
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Bastion of Remembrance, Open the Graves and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Bastion of Remembrance trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Open the Graves ability, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, Bastion of Remembrance triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life
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#7
Woe Strider + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Open the Graves trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
- 4Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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#8
Reassembling Skeleton + Bartolomé del Presidio + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- 1Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Open the Graves trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
- 4Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Legal formats
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