---
name: "Shallow Grave"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "141"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Coulthart"
oracle_id: "9843d8a6-bcbf-40c2-8c41-316e97db9c62"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shallow-grave-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gruesome Encore](/printing/gruesome-encore-mbs.md) — Sorcery
2. [Grim Return](/printing/grim-return-m14.md) — Instant
3. [Bond of Revival](/printing/bond-of-revival-ajmp.md) — Sorcery
4. [Grave Upheaval](/printing/grave-upheaval-c16.md) — Sorcery
5. [Stir the Grave](/printing/stir-the-grave-bok.md) — Sorcery
6. [Macabre Mockery](/printing/macabre-mockery-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #141
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Coulthart
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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