---
name: "Cremate"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "RTR"
set_name: "Return to Ravnica"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Cynthia Sheppard"
oracle_id: "c6a2e410-b182-48d1-aeb2-bc8de27e9cd2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cremate-rtr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cremate
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile target card from a graveyard.
Draw a card.

> *"Without a body, the soul is helpless to fight the terms of our contracts."
—Somhaur, Orzhov pontiff*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Headstone](/printing/headstone-hml.md) — Instant
2. [Fade from Memory](/printing/fade-from-memory-ons.md) — Instant
3. [Shadowfeed](/printing/shadowfeed-ala.md) — Instant
4. [Coffin Purge](/printing/coffin-purge-wc02.md) — Instant
5. [Gravepurge](/printing/gravepurge-dka.md) — Instant
6. [Withered Wretch](/printing/withered-wretch-hop.md) — Creature — Zombie Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Return to Ravnica (RTR) #59
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Cynthia Sheppard
- **Total Printings:** 29 across all historical editions

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