---
name: "Headstone"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "HML"
set_name: "Homelands"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David A. Cherry"
oracle_id: "cbf767d4-9be4-417a-bbf7-0c72ede727b4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/headstone-hml"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Headstone
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile target card from a graveyard.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

> *"Your headstone is the last page in the book of your life."
—Murat, Death Speaker*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cremate](/printing/cremate-rtr.md) — Instant
2. [Gravestorm](/printing/gravestorm-phuk.md) — Enchantment
3. [Fade from Memory](/printing/fade-from-memory-ons.md) — Instant
4. [Silent Gravestone](/printing/silent-gravestone-prix.md) — Artifact
5. [Shadowfeed](/printing/shadowfeed-ala.md) — Instant
6. [Coffin Purge](/printing/coffin-purge-wc02.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Homelands (HML) #52
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David A. Cherry
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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