---
name: "Stir the Grave"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "296dcc57-5651-4cb1-b89c-fcdd3f5311bd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stir-the-grave-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Stir the Grave
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

> *„Deine Lungen können zwar nicht mehr atmen, aber solange deine Hände ein Schwert halten können, kannst du mir noch helfen."
—Nachtauge, Nezumi-Todesbeschwörer*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
2. [Rise Again](/printing/rise-again-m21.md) — Sorcery
3. [Raise Dead](/printing/raise-dead-leb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Zombify](/printing/zombify-wc03.md) — Sorcery
5. [Grim Return](/printing/grim-return-m14.md) — Instant
6. [Return to Battle](/printing/return-to-battle-ptk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #85
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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