Grafdigger's Cage
Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.
Rulings (4)
Jul 12, 2019 · Look at the card as it exists in your graveyard to determine whether it can enter the battlefield. For example, Sculpting Steel can be put onto the battlefield as a copy of a creature, but Phyrexian Metamorph can't be put onto the battlefield, even if it would copy a noncreature artifact.
Jul 12, 2019 · Manifesting a card from a graveyard or library is an impossible action while Grafdigger's Cage is on the battlefield.
Jul 12, 2019 · If an effect exiles a card from a library and allows a player to cast it, that player may do so. The spell is cast from exile, not a library.
Jul 12, 2019 · Players can still play lands from graveyards or libraries if an effect allows them to do so.
Where it’s played now
Inclusion by archetype
| Archetype | Format | Inclusion | Copies | Decks (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphere Shops | Vintage | 100% | 1–4× | 63 |
| Lantern | Modern | 100% | 1–2× | 8 |
| Eldrazi | Vintage | 100% | 1–4× | 6 |
| Other Shops | Vintage | 100% | 2–4× | 3 |
| Hardened Scales | Modern | 100% | 1× | 2 |
| Other Combo | Vintage | 100% | 1× | 2 |
| Iron Man, Titan of Innovation | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 1 |
| Jhoira, Ageless Innovator | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 1 |