Oracle text
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have four or more creature cards in your graveyard, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Mox strategy
Oversold Cemetery is a strong grindy value engine for black midrange and sacrifice decks. Once online, it turns every upkeep into recurring card advantage by buying back your best creature, making it excellent in attrition-heavy games and against removal-heavy decks.
Best use cases: slow black decks, Aristocrats/sacrifice shells, self-mill, and creature-heavy control matchups where repeated recursion matters.
Key synergies: sacrifice outlets and disposable creatures help stock the graveyard; self-mill and loot effects turn it on faster; creatures with enters-the-battlefield effects, death triggers, or utility bodies become much stronger when recast repeatedly.
Gameplay note: you need four or more creature cards in your graveyard, so it rewards careful graveyard management and a steady flow of creatures dying or milling. It’s at its best when you can reliably keep the graveyard stocked without overcommitting.
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Format legality
- standard—
- pioneer—
- modern—
- legacyLegal
- vintageLegal
- commanderLegal
- pauper—
- brawlLegal
- historicLegal
- alchemy—
- oathbreakerLegal