Judge's Den: Otherwise Irrelevant

Ariel with Wizardden.com bringing you a very short Judge's Den article today a rule that in most most often otherwise irrelevant. Graveyard order. With our vintage league starting this weekend and legacy growing in the community now would be a good time to remind people about these rules. Here is the official rule on graveyards.

404. Graveyard
404.1. A player’s graveyard is his or her discard pile. Any object that’s countered, discarded, destroyed, or sacrificed is put on top of its owner’s graveyard, as is any instant or sorcery spell that’s finished resolving. Each player’s graveyard starts out empty.

404.2. Each graveyard is kept in a single face-up pile. A player can examine the cards in any graveyard at any time but normally can’t change their order. Additional rules applying to sanctioned tournaments may allow a player to change the order of cards in his or her graveyard.

404.3. If an effect or rule puts two or more cards into the same graveyard at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order.

Prior to Urza's Saga there were cards that cared about the order of your graveyard, those cards fall into five categories based on how exactly they care.

While on the battlefield: Soldevi Digger, Volrath's Shapeshifter, Alms, Barrow Ghoul, Bosium Strip, Circling Vultures, Nature's Kiss, Necratog, Phyrexian Grimoire, Zombie Scavengers

 While in the graveyard: Ashen Ghoul, Death Spark, Krovikan Horror, Nether Shadow

 While in other zones: Corpse Dance, Shallow Grave, Spinning Darkness

 Care about your opponent's graveyard: Bone Dancer, Guiding Spirit, Phyrexian Furnace

 The odd ball (there's always at least one): Mistmoon Griffen

With that quick reminder we draw this week's Judge's Den to a close. Thank your for reading here at Wizardden.com.