---
name: "Grave Expectations"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Heist"]
set: "YOTJ"
set_name: "Alchemy: Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Anastasia Ovchinnikova"
oracle_id: "8f39065f-0b29-43ec-94bd-73027ce7f0cb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grave-expectations-yotj"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Grave Expectations
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Heist

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Heist target opponent's library.
• Exile up to three target cards from your opponents' graveyards. You gain 3 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crypt Incursion](/printing/crypt-incursion-pio.md) — Instant
2. [Polterheist](/printing/polterheist-ydsk.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Spoils of Evil](/printing/spoils-of-evil-ice.md) — Instant
4. [Grave Robbers](/printing/grave-robbers-drk.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Erebos's Intervention](/printing/ereboss-intervention-pthb.md) — Instant
6. [Shadowfeed](/printing/shadowfeed-ala.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Outlaws of Thunder Junction (YOTJ) #9
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Anastasia Ovchinnikova

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