---
name: "Reaping the Graves"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Storm"]
set: "SCG"
set_name: "Scourge"
collector_number: "72"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "80c663a5-2794-4748-b47a-34352fb2112f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/reaping-the-graves-scg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Reaping the Graves
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Storm

## Oracle Text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grim Harvest](/printing/grim-harvest-td0.md) — Instant
2. [Stir the Grave](/printing/stir-the-grave-bok.md) — Sorcery
3. [Grim Return](/printing/grim-return-m14.md) — Instant
4. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
5. [Raise Dead](/printing/raise-dead-leb.md) — Sorcery
6. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scourge (SCG) #72
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`