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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 $2.21.
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 | 45 | 1.2 | 508 | 1.1 |
| Pioneer | 0 | 0 | 171 | 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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.35 2.18 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.35 2.18 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$36.56 1.56 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.08 2.20 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.63 3.79 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.79 0.17 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 13.82 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$51.01
19.85 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.16
0.56 tix - 2 Price of Progress
$4.67
1.95 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix - 1 Lion Sash
$2.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.20 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.20 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Extraction Specialist
$0.31
0.02 tix - 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.25
0.13 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.35
5.00 tix - 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.10 tix
Instants (4)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (33)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 3 Deafening Silence
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.63
0.28 tix
- 1 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Artifacts (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 Finale of Devastation
$44.54
0.61 tix - 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.30
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.30
0.52 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix - 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 1 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix - 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron- -
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 Esika's Chariot
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Heart of Kiran
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.30
0.52 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Chain Veil
$5.43
0.02 tix - 1 The Great Henge
$56.85
1.47 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron- -
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (4)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron- -
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$0.95
1.16 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 The Immortal Sun
$12.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$1.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.30
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (3)
Artifacts (23)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.55
0.04 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.78
3.10 tix
- 2 Dismember
$2.78
3.10 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 4 Force of Negation
$51.01
19.85 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.77 tix
- 2 Metallic Rebuke
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Artifacts (26)
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Basilisk Collar
$4.21
0.02 tix
- 4 Expedition Map
$1.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.69
3.91 tix
- 2 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.20
4.76 tix
- 2 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.20
4.76 tix
- 4 Serum Powder
$0.72
0.43 tix
- 4 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 4 Chalice of the Void
$15.03
3.34 tix
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 2 Dismember
$2.78
3.10 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.20
4.76 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Possessed Portal
$2.29
0.02 tix - 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 3 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.43 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.27
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (17)
Lands (21)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.12 10.43 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.35 2.18 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.18 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.56 1.56 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 4.60 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.66 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$275.00 9.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.54 tix
- 2 Urza's Saga$35.75 13.21 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.24
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Seal of Primordium
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$0.99
0.04 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$25.88
0.10 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Artifacts (26)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 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
$97.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.35
12.57 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$20.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Nettlecyst
$3.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
9.13 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.66
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$15.03
3.34 tix
Lands (24)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.65 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.18 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.83 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.66 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.75 13.21 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
