---
name: "Grave Strength"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "FRF"
set_name: "Fate Reforged"
collector_number: "71"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jeff Simpson"
oracle_id: "feb2f08e-79c7-4d51-bf55-e649f5ff5e07"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grave-strength-frf"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grave Strength
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
Choose target creature. Mill three cards, then put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each creature card in your graveyard. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

> *Tant que la mort succèdera à la vie, les lignes de ravitaillement des Sultaï ne seront jamais coupées.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Carrion Grub](/printing/carrion-grub-m21.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Summon Undead](/printing/summon-undead-clb.md) — Sorcery
3. [Moldgraf Millipede](/printing/moldgraf-millipede-j22.md) — Creature — Insect Horror
4. [Drown in Filth](/printing/drown-in-filth-dgm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Devourer of Memory](/printing/devourer-of-memory-thb.md) — Creature — Nightmare
6. [Necromancer's Assistant](/printing/necromancers-assistant-m15.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fate Reforged (FRF) #71
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jeff Simpson
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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