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◇ Catalog #45

Cremate

gpt·#45·common·foil

Illus. Paolo Parente

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Feb '06

20 yr ago

Value

$1.91+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.94 · low $0.86

NM$0.91

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.84–$0.96modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.04low $0.03range 3366.7%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,145 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.91

Nonfoil$0.09

Gameplay

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.

Cremation of the dead is not a religious ritual in Ravnica. It's a business designed to keep the Golgari from growing in numbers.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2012-10-01wotc

If the target card is no longer in the graveyard when Cremate tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't draw a card.

2012-10-01wotc

You must be able to target a card in a graveyard to cast Cremate.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.91. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $1.04 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from GPT — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #45 of *Guildpact*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2006 Guildpact release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,145 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Paolo Parente. Rarix catalogs 572 other cards credited to this artist.