---
name: "Grapple with the Past"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "DSC"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander"
collector_number: "82"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Filip Burburan"
oracle_id: "d14c633d-977a-4f78-85c2-88582b3c3670"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grapple-with-the-past-dsc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grapple with the Past
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sudden Reclamation](/printing/sudden-reclamation-frf.md) — Instant
2. [Wasteful Harvest](/printing/wasteful-harvest-bro.md) — Instant
3. [Midnight Tilling](/printing/midnight-tilling-ecl.md) — Instant
4. [Corpse Churn](/printing/corpse-churn-ogw.md) — Instant
5. [Roots of Wisdom](/printing/roots-of-wisdom-khm.md) — Sorcery
6. [A-Druidic Ritual](/printing/a-druidic-ritual-hbg.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #82
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Filip Burburan
- **Total Printings:** 43 across all historical editions

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