Embalmer's Tools
~$0.18 low · ~$0.71 high
Colorless. Artifact
Amonkhet #227 · Illustrated by Adrian Majkrzak
Amonkhet #227 · Illustrated by Adrian MajkrzakWhat is Embalmer's Tools worth?
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Oracle text
Activated abilities of creature cards in your graveyard cost 
less to activate.
Tap an untapped Zombie you control: Target player mills a card.
"They might be dead, but these mummies are masters of their trade." —Jace Beleren
Format legality
The only printing of Embalmer's Tools
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amonkhet akh #227· 2017uncommon· Cardmarket €0.21 · €1.16 foil | uncommon | $0.18 | $0.71 | €0.21€1.16 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #13,033 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Mill
- Artist
- Adrian Majkrzak
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Amonkhet card (#227).
227 · AKH · U · EN
- 227Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- AKHSet code for Amonkhet
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Card breakdown
The parts of Embalmer's Tools, read from the Amonkhet printing. Tap a label to highlight its line. How to read any Magic card.
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Also on this card
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
Keywords
- MillCR 701.17
- Put cards from the top of a library into the graveyard.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (3)
2017-04-18
You can’t normally activate abilities of cards in graveyards. Those that you can activate are those that instruct you to move the card out of a graveyard, or those that specifically say that you can activate them if the card is in your graveyard.
2017-04-18
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities (such as embalm) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
2017-04-18
Any untapped Zombie you control can be tapped to pay the second ability’s activation cost, even one that just came under your control.
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