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Graveyard Shift

Being dead is no reason to miss work, because tonight, you’re working the graveyard shift!

Graveyard Shift is a White/Blue/Black reanimation deck. This deck draws and mills tons of cards to fill up the graveyard with massive game ending reanimation targets!

Overview

Combo

A White-Blue-Black combo deck that assembles key synergies to generate overwhelming value or win outright in a burst of activity.

Signature Cards
Sphinx of Uthuun
Unburial Rites
Scholar of the Ages
Keywords
MillFlyingFlashbackVigilanceEscape

Game Plan

Early Game

Turns 1-2
Dig for key pieces while applying light pressure. Identify which component of the combo is hardest to find and prioritize it.
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator

Mid Game

Turns 3-4
Protect your setup and look for the right window to go off. Sequence carefully to minimize disruption risk.
Captain of Umbar
The Bath Song
Academy Wall

Late Game

Turn 5+
Deploy Marut and Su-Chi Cave Guard to finish, or use the assembled engine to create an insurmountable advantage. Resolve threats through countermagic by sequencing them correctly.
Tale of Tinúviel
No One Left Behind
Path of the Schemer

Deck Play Profile

Derived from automated card-by-card analysis across all known versions. The Capability Profile shows how the deck measures up across six functional dimensions — pressure, interaction, card advantage, and more. The Play Style hexagon uses the same data to place the deck on the aggro–control–combo–midrange spectrum.

Capability Profile
Play Style
MidrangeAggroControlCombo
Deck average (all versions)

Strengths & Weaknesses

  • Explosive potential to win from seemingly losing board states
  • Resilient to one-for-one removal due to synergy-based wins
  • Vulnerable to discard and counterspells that disrupt key pieces
  • Draws lose to fast aggro if the combo takes too long to assemble