---
name: "Buried Alive"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "118"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "8203c621-a1a0-4865-8c9a-0d4064c86107"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/buried-alive-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Buried Alive
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Entomb](/printing/entomb-pd3.md) — Instant
2. [Hallowed Burial](/printing/hallowed-burial-cn2.md) — Sorcery
3. [Unmarked Grave](/printing/unmarked-grave-mh2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Decompose](/printing/decompose-wc03.md) — Sorcery
5. [Gravepurge](/printing/gravepurge-dka.md) — Instant
6. [Morbid Plunder](/printing/morbid-plunder-td2.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #118
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 41 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`