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Grave Birthing

{2}{B}

Instant

BFZBattle for Zendikar#93common
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 971
Illustrator
Craig J Spearing
Found in
Battle for Zendikar MTGO Redemption Foil · Battle for Zendikar MTGO Redemption · 2 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Devoid (This card has no color.) Target opponent exiles a card from their graveyard. You create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}." Draw a card.
Devoid

Plays as: Ritual · Creature Token Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 54m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.09
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.34
$0.09 low$0.01 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.09· across 1 printing

Rulings

11 · latest Aug 25, 2015 · one tap opens all
  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Eldrazi Scions are similar to Eldrazi Spawn, seen in the Zendikar block. Note that Eldrazi Scions are 1/1, not 0/1.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Eldrazi and Scion are each separate creature types. Anything that affects Eldrazi will affect these tokens, for example.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Sacrificing an Eldrazi Scion creature token to add {C} is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Some instants and sorceries that create Eldrazi Scions require targets. If all targets for such a spell have become illegal by the time that spell tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't get any Eldrazi Scions.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    The target opponent chooses which card to exile as Grave Birthing resolves.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    You can cast Grave Birthing targeting an opponent with an empty graveyard. Even though that player won't exile a card from their graveyard, you'll still get an Eldrazi Scion and draw a card.