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Cemetery Reaper

{1}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

M12Magic 2012#86rare

Every grave cradles a recruit.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Dave Allsop
Found in
2012 Core Set MTGO Redemption Foil · Avacyn Restored Event Deck Deaths Encroach · 3 more
Printings6Combos1EDHREC rank#2,166
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1. {2}{B}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
2/2
Plays as:
Graveyard HateCreature Token MakerTribal Lord
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-8.7%
$0.63
$0.37 low$0.31 gapTCGplayer
Foil+0.5%
$8.44
$5.31 low$0.36 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.29· across 6 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

3 · latest Oct 1, 2009
  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    A "creature card" is any card with the type creature, even if it has other types such as artifact, enchantment, or land. Older cards of type summon are also creature cards.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    Cemetery Reaper grants +1/+1 to all other Zombie creatures you control, not just the ones its ability puts onto the battlefield.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    The creature card in a graveyard is exiled as part of the activated ability's effect, not as a cost. If that card has left the graveyard by the time the ability would resolve, the ability doesn't resolve and you don't get a Zombie token.

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