Shallow Grave 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
Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
How it works : Shallow Grave
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Only exiles the creature if the creature is still on the battlefield at the beginning of the end step.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Scholar of the Ages + Shallow Grave + Culling the Weak
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Culling the Weak by paying
and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding . - 2Cast Shallow Grave by paying its mana cost, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3When Scholar of the Ages enters, it triggers, returning Culling the Weak and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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#2
Scholar of the Ages + Burnt Offering + Shallow Grave
Infinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite black manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven mana in any combination of and/or
. - 2Cast Shallow Grave by paying
, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield. - 3Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Scholar of the Ages + Sacrifice + Shallow Grave
Infinite black manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Sacrifice by paying and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven .
- 2Cast Shallow Grave by paying , returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Sacrifice and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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#4
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Spellseeker + Culling the Weak + Shallow Grave
Infinite lifelossInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens with haste
- 1Cast Spellseeker, stacking Inalla's trigger under Spellseeker's ETB trigger.
- 2Tutor Culling the Weak to hand with Spellseeker's ability.
- 3Cast Culling the Weak, sacrificing Spellseeker and adding .
- 4Resolve and pay for the Inalla trigger from earlier, creating a token copy of Spellseeker and leaving floating.
- 5When the token ETBs, tutor Unearth to your hand.
- 6Unearth Spellseeker, leaving floating.
- 7Shortcut resolving both Inalla's trigger and Spellseeker's ETB, tutoring for Burnt Offering and Finale of Promise, leaving floating.
- 8Cast Burnt Offering, sacrificing Spellseeker and adding .
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#5
Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Shallow Grave
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Shallow Grave by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Shallow Grave.
- 4Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, adding
. - 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Shallow Grave
- 6Resolve the Shallow Grave copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#6
Phyrexian Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Shallow Grave
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Shallow Grave by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Shallow Grave.
- 4Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, adding one mana of any color.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Shallow Grave
- 6Resolve the Shallow Grave copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#7
Ashnod's Altar + Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Shallow Grave
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Shallow Grave by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, targeting Shallow Grave.
- 4Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Naru Meha, adding .
- 5Resolve the Naru Meha trigger, copying Shallow Grave
- 6Resolve the Shallow Grave copy, returning Naru Meha from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#8
Goblin Bombardment + Dualcaster Mage + Shallow Grave
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damage
- 1Cast Shallow Grave by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Shallow Grave.
- 4Holding priority, activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Shallow Grave
- 6Resolve the Shallow Grave copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpremodernpredhtlr
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