Aug 17, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min · 13 segments
Graveyards are a known valuable zone for exploitation in Magic, but do we think about the particular value and uses of that zone in EDH? Andy sets up a new series where we will explore the many…
So initially, my experience with graveyard play, the first, the first time I was using that zone with purpose, was a deck that was in, um, Innistrad Standard circa 2011, 2012, that used a enchantment called Burning Vengeance.
Right.
The whole set was filled with creatures that could be...
Uh, they would die and come back.
They had an ability called undying attached to them.
Mm-hmm.
Um, flashback was across almost all the instants and sorceries.
Yeah.
The graveyard was a huge zone for that block, right? Innistrad, Dark Ascension, Avacyn Restored.
You know, we hadn't really seen a card like that before.
Yeah.
It was, it was reality warping when it came out.
It was very expensive, and still-
Out, out the gate
... out the gate.
So it-
Yeah
... it's been a pricey card for forever.
Um, Gravecrawler was a big thing.
Well, that's right.
Um, but so, and, and, and it was one of the formative years of something called Dirty Aristocrats, was a, was a deck.
So initially, my experience with graveyard play, the first, the first time I was using that zone with purpose, was a deck that was in, um, Innistrad Standard circa 2011, 2012, that used a enchantment called Burning Vengeance.
Right.
The whole set was filled with creatures that could be...
Uh, they would die and come back.
They had an ability called undying attached to them.
Mm-hmm.
Um, flashback was across almost all the instants and sorceries.
Yeah.
The graveyard was a huge zone for that block, right? Innistrad, Dark Ascension, Avacyn Restored.
You know, we hadn't really seen a card like that before.
Yeah.
It was, it was reality warping when it came out.
It was very expensive, and still-
Out, out the gate
... out the gate.
So it-
Yeah
... it's been a pricey card for forever.
Um, Gravecrawler was a big thing.
Well, that's right.
Um, but so, and, and, and it was one of the formative years of something called Dirty Aristocrats, was a, was a deck.
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