Shallow Grave
Instant · 
Shallow Grave is part of 46 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Dualcaster Mage and Naru Meha, Master Wizard.
Shallow Grave
Instant
Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
- Mana value
- 2
- Color identity
Reserved List
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Shallow Grave across all of its 46 combos.
Roles in combos
Shallow Grave can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
Combos with Shallow Grave
46 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Shallow Grave
Culling the Weak
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Burnt Offering
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Sacrifice
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Spellseeker
Culling the Weak
Shallow Grave
Burnt Offering
Finale of Promise
Reanimate
Entomb
Archaeomancer
Unearth
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite lifeloss
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens with haste
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Ashnod's Altar
Dualcaster Mage
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Phyrexian Altar
Dualcaster Mage
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Ashnod's Altar
Naru Meha, Master Wizard
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Goblin Bombardment
Dualcaster Mage
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite damage
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Viscera Seer
Dualcaster Mage
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite scry 1
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Altar of Dementia
Dualcaster Mage
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite mill
Infinite self-mill
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Phyrexian Altar
Naru Meha, Master Wizard
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Shallow Grave
Phyrexian Altar
Results in combo:
Infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite red mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Shallow Grave
Ashnod's Altar
Results in combo:
Infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite red mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Blasting Station
Dualcaster Mage
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite damage
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Viscera Seer
Naru Meha, Master Wizard
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite scry 1
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Dualcaster Mage
Shallow Grave
Carrion Feeder
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Umbral Collar Zealot
Dualcaster Mage
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite surveil
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Goblin Bombardment
Naru Meha, Master Wizard
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite damage
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Thermopod
Dualcaster Mage
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite red mana
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Altar of Dementia
Naru Meha, Master Wizard
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite mill
Infinite self-mill
