MTG Best Ways to Get Cards Into the Graveyard

Entomb mtg card art
Artwork by Seb McKinnon

If you’re looking for a way to get cards into your graveyard, whether they’re creatures, instants, lands, or any kind of Magic: The Gathering card, we’ve got a list of what you need.

There are dozens of ways to get cards into your graveyard, such as cards that tutor cards to graveyards, loot or rummage effects, mill cards, surveil, dredge, and discard effects.

Depending on the type of deck you are building, be it reanimator or otherwise, you may want to run each of these kinds of cards. While Black is traditionally the best at getting cards into the graveyard from a color perspective, there are cards that do this well in virtually every color (although White tends to fall short).

Here’s a helpful list of the best ways in MTG to get cards into your graveyard for Commander or any format:

Best MTG Cards That Tutor to Graveyard

Reanimate and Entomb MTG cards

The most powerful way to get cards into your graveyard is to tutor them there directly. Entomb is the #1 card to achieve this, followed by Buried Alive for creatures.

    Best MTG Cards With Loot/Rummage Effects

    Faithless Looting and Frantic Search mtg cards

    Loot and Rummage effects are also powerful ways to get cards into your graveyard. They help you dig through your deck faster, and the discard effect ends up being a plus rather than a negative. There are also some cards like Survival of the Fittest that reward you with a tutor effect for discarding.

        Best MTG Cards That Self-Mill, Surveil, or Dredge

        Doom Whisperer and Traumatize mtg cards

        If you want to get a lot of cards into your graveyard, presumably for a payoff like Patriarch’s Bidding, cards such as Doom Whisperer or Traumatize can mill almost your entire deck.

          Best MTG Cards With Discard Effects

          MTG best discard cards Skirge Familiar and Bog Witch

          Finally, we have cards that provide abilities in exchange for discarding, other than drawing. These include mana generators such as Skirge Familiar or Bog Witch.

          That’s it for our list of the best ways in MTG to get cards into your graveyard for Commander, EDH, or any eternal format! If you enjoyed this list, you might also be interested in reading The Best Black Tutors in Commander.

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          Brian McCormick, an avid Magic: The Gathering player since the release of Mercadian Masques in 1999, began writing about the game in 2015. In July 2023, he founded MTG Insider. His love for MTG and all things fantasy & sci-fi previously led him to co-found MTGRocks.com and Epicstream.com.