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Grafdigger's Cage 
Artifact
Grafdigger's Cage appeared in 1,955 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 1.4 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $2.17.
Oracle Text
Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield.
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.
Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Grafdigger's Cage, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage | 53 | 1.5 | 758 | 1.6 |
| Legacy | 26 | 1.2 | 518 | 1.3 |
| Modern | 46 | 1.2 | 507 | 1.1 |
| Pioneer | 0 | 0 | 172 | 1.8 |
Details
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 222
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Grafdigger's Cage
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.04 tix
- 3 Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Arcbound Ravager
$2.55
0.03 tix - 3 Arcbound Ravager
$2.55
0.03 tix
- 4 Patchwork Automaton
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Hangarback Walker
$0.30
0.02 tix - 3 Walking Ballista
$7.37
1.38 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.37
1.38 tix
Artifacts (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
- 1 Blinkmoth Nexus$0.80 0.02 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 2 Cragcrown Pathway$2.61 0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Deeps$0.70 0.02 tix
- 4 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Gemstone Caverns$52.14 0.90 tix
- 4 Inkmoth Nexus$11.13 0.12 tix
- 1 Mirrex$0.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Pendelhaven$2.26 1.25 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.32 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Animation Module
$1.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 2 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 2 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
— - 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
$1.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
$5.50
0.03 tix
- 2 Turn the Earth
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Void Mirror
$0.34
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
- 4 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix - 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 2 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix - 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.02
20.06 tix
- 2 Stifle
$7.02
20.06 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix - 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.34 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.29
0.01 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (22)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (27)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix - 1 Lotus Petal
$35.77
16.56 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 2 Grim Monolith
$30.19
8.93 tix
- 2 Grim Monolith
$30.19
8.93 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 4 The One Ring
$90.78
0.99 tix
- 4 Coveted Jewel
$0.27
4.93 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Argentum Masticore
$0.30
0.02 tix - 3 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 2 Hullbreacher
$1.73
8.35 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.90
0.11 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix - 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (13)
Lands (18)
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix - 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.90
10.06 tix
- 3 Soul Rend
$0.37
1.07 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (12)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul Rend
$0.37
1.07 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (11)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (27)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$12.88 1.33 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.18 0.06 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.01
1.22 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.18 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Anger of the Gods
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.16
0.03 tix - 1 Beacon Bolt
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 3 Crackling Drake
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Eternal Scourge
$2.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Fry
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Negate
$0.14
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Anger of the Gods
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Beacon Bolt
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 2 Crackling Drake
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 3 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Negate
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Young Pyromancer
$0.20
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 2 Blightstep Pathway$5.63 0.17 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 3 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant$0.49 0.02 tix
- 2 Mutavault$4.00 0.25 tix
- 2 Mutavault$4.00 0.25 tix
- 3 Sulfurous Springs$1.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.43 0.15 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 2 Blightstep Pathway$5.63 0.17 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant$0.49 0.02 tix
- 3 Mutavault$4.00 0.25 tix
- 1 Mutavault$4.00 0.25 tix
- 1 Sulfurous Springs$1.11 0.02 tix
- 2 Sulfurous Springs$1.11 0.02 tix
- 3 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.43 0.15 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 2 Blightstep Pathway$5.63 0.17 tix
- 4 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant$0.49 0.02 tix
- 1 Mutavault$4.00 0.25 tix
- 3 Mutavault$4.00 0.25 tix
- 3 Sulfurous Springs$1.11 0.02 tix
- 3 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.43 0.15 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 2 Blightstep Pathway$5.63 0.17 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant$0.49 0.02 tix
- 3 Mutavault$4.00 0.25 tix
- 1 Mutavault$4.00 0.25 tix
- 1 Sulfurous Springs$1.11 0.02 tix
- 2 Sulfurous Springs$1.11 0.02 tix
- 3 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.43 0.15 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (27)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$35.77
16.56 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 3 Grim Monolith
$30.19
8.93 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$30.19
8.93 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 4 The One Ring
$90.78
0.99 tix
- 4 Coveted Jewel
$0.27
4.93 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 2 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
$4.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.90
0.11 tix
