Gravewaker
Creature — Bird Spirit5/5$0.21
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) : Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Legal in Commander
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Combos 5
Gravewaker + Illuminor Szeras + Thornbite Staff
- Infinite black mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Illuminor Szeras does not have summoning sickness. Thornbite Staff attached to Illuminor Szeras. You control another nontoken creature with mana value eight or greater.
Steps
Activate Illuminor Szeras by tapping it and sacrificing a nontoken creature with mana value eight or greater, adding at least eight {B}. The creature dies, triggering Illuminor Szeras, untapping Illuminor Szeras. Activate Gravewaker by paying {5}{B}{B}, returning the creature with mana value eight or greater from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat.
Gravewaker + Delaying Shield + Vampire Hexmage
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you
- Lock
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
At the beginning of your upkeep, Delaying Shield triggers. Holding priority, if Delaying Shield has any delay counters on it, activate Vampire Hexmage by sacrificing it, removing all delay counters from Delaying Shield. Resolve the Delaying Shield ability, doing nothing. If Vampire Hexmage is in your graveyard, activate Gravewaker by paying {5}{B}{B}, returning Vampire Hexmage from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.
Gravewaker + Coretapper + Magistrate's Scepter
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Coretapper does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Activate Coretapper's first ability by tapping it, putting a charge counter on Magistrate's Scepter. Activate Coretapper's second ability by sacrificing it, putting two charge counters on Magistrate's Scepter. Activate Magistrate's Scepter's second ability by tapping it and removing three charge counters from it, taking an extra turn after this one. Activate Gravewaker by paying {5}{B}{B}, returning Coretapper from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Repeat each turn.
Gravewaker + Illuminor Szeras + Intruder Alarm
- Infinite black mana
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite untap of creatures
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Illuminor Szeras does not have summoning sickness. You control another nontoken creature with mana value eight or greater.
Steps
Activate Illuminor Szeras by tapping it and sacrificing a nontoken creature with mana value eight or greater, adding at least eight {B}. Activate Gravewaker by paying {5}{B}{B}, returning the creature with mana value eight or greater from your graveyard to the battlefield. The creature enters the battlefield, triggering Intruder Alarm, untapping all creatures. Repeat.
Gravewaker + Infested Thrinax + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite creature tokens
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Infested Thrinax by paying {3}{B}{G}. When Infested Thrinax enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to create a number of 1/1 Saproling creature tokens when a nontoken creature you control dies. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Infested Thrinax, adding {B}. When Infested Thrinax dies, it triggers for each time it entered the battlefield this turn, creating a number of 1/1 Saproling creature tokens equal to its power for each trigger. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing a Saproling, adding {B}. Repeat step 5 until you either control no Saprolings, or until you have {5}{B}{B} available, whichever comes first. Activate Gravewaker by paying {5}{B}{B}, returning Infested Thrinax from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Repeat from step 2.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Iname, Death AspectIname, Death Aspect fills your graveyard, which Gravewaker can use because it reanimates creatures.
- King of the OathbreakersGravewaker is a Spirit, which King of the Oathbreakers can use.
- Infernal KirinGravewaker is a Spirit, which Infernal Kirin can use.
- He Who HungersGravewaker is a Spirit, which He Who Hungers can use.
- Kyoki, Sanity's EclipseGravewaker is a Spirit, which Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse can use.
- Iname as OneGravewaker is a Spirit, which Iname as One can use.
- Teval, the Balanced ScaleTeval, the Balanced Scale fills your graveyard, which Gravewaker can use because it reanimates creatures.
- Fandaniel, Telophoroi AscianFandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian fills your graveyard, which Gravewaker can use because it reanimates creatures.
- Dihada, Binder of WillsDihada, Binder of Wills fills your graveyard, which Gravewaker can use because it reanimates creatures.
- Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian ObliteratorRona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator fills your graveyard, which Gravewaker can use because it reanimates creatures.