---
name: "Grave Sifter"
mana_cost: "{5}{G}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Beast"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "CMA"
set_name: "Commander Anthology"
collector_number: "112"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jesper Ejsing"
oracle_id: "07a26388-773e-4614-a3de-f133c6694d59"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grave-sifter-cma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Grave Sifter
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{G}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Beast

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, each player chooses a creature type and returns any number of cards of that type from their graveyard to their hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gravedigger](/printing/gravedigger-m20.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Unbury](/printing/unbury-ecl.md) — Instant
3. [Return from Extinction](/printing/return-from-extinction-mh1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Aphetto Dredging](/printing/aphetto-dredging-ons.md) — Sorcery
5. [Patriarch's Bidding](/printing/patriarchs-bidding-mh2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Elvish Soultiller](/printing/elvish-soultiller-lgn.md) — Creature — Elf Mutant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Anthology (CMA) #112
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jesper Ejsing

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2014-11-07)* The creature type each player chooses applies only to that player. For example, if another player chose Elf, you wouldn’t return Elf cards to your hand unless you also chose Elf (or if an Elf card in your graveyard also had the creature type you chose).