---
name: "Empty the Catacombs"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark A. Nelson"
oracle_id: "49e0af9d-eb76-4ad6-b60a-430ae353728c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/empty-the-catacombs-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Empty the Catacombs
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each player returns all creature cards from their graveyard to their hand.

> *Il riposo eterno a Ravnica in realtà è spesso una breve pennichella.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Exhume](/printing/exhume-dsc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Soulquake](/printing/soulquake-arb.md) — Sorcery
3. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
4. [Morbid Plunder](/printing/morbid-plunder-td2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Soul Salvage](/printing/soul-salvage-dom.md) — Sorcery
6. [Living Death](/printing/living-death-prm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #86
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark A. Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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