Can you change the order of cards in your graveyard?
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By default, you are not allowed to change the order of cards in a Graveyard, as there are some cards that care about the order that cards are in the Graveyard. This is stated in the official rules, where each graveyard is kept in a single face-up pile, and the order of the cards in the Graveyard should not be changed, unless specified by a particular card effect or game format.
Frequently Asked Questions
General Graveyard Questions
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Does graveyard order matter in Yugioh? The order of the cards in the Graveyard does matter in specific situations, although the general strategy is to assume it doesn’t unless stated otherwise.
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Do you control the cards in your graveyard MTG? No, the cards that aren’t either permanents or spells, such as cards in graveyards, in exile, in the hand, in the library, etc., aren’t controlled by any player, but each object has an owner.
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What are the card types in the graveyard? The card types that could show up in your Graveyard are artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, land, planeswalker, sorcery, battle, and tribal.
Specific Card Interactions
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What happens if you have no cards in your graveyard? If you have no cards in your Graveyard, you won’t gain any life, but you’ll still shuffle your library.
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Can you reorder your graveyard? In formats involving only cards from Urza’s Saga and later, players may change the order of their graveyard at any time.
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What is the legendary rule in the graveyard? The Legendary Rule states that you can’t control more than one legendary permanent with the same name; if you do, you have to choose one and put the other into your Graveyard.
Card Effects and Interactions
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Can you negate and destroy a card in the graveyard? The effect of the monster will be negated, but it will not be destroyed.
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Can you destroy a card in the graveyard? Cards already in the Graveyard and banished cards cannot be destroyed.
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Can I rearrange my graveyard MTG? By default, you are not allowed to change the order of cards in a Graveyard, unless specified by a particular card effect or game format.
Graveyard and Commander Interactions
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Can you steal a commander from the graveyard? Yes, you can steal a commander from the Graveyard, as the owner of the commander can only move it from the Graveyard to the command zone as a State-Based Action.
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Can I put my commander in the graveyard? If a commander is in a Graveyard or in exile and that card was put into that zone since the last time state-based actions were checked, its owner may put it into the command zone.
Banish and Exile Interactions
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Do banished cards go to the graveyard? No, banished cards do not go to the Graveyard; they don’t go to the Graveyard when the combat chain closes or anything, they just stay in the banish zone.
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Do exiled cards go to graveyard first? No, exiled cards enter a separate area from your Graveyard, and it cannot be brought back unless a counterspell is used against the exiling effect, or another spell or effect is used to bring it back into your Graveyard.
Discard and Sacrifice Interactions
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Do discarded cards go to the graveyard magic? Yes, discard is an evergreen keyword action which takes cards from a player’s hand and puts them in their Graveyard.
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Do sacrificed cards go to graveyard? Yes, to sacrifice a permanent, its controller moves it from the battlefield directly to its owner’s graveyard.