<p>If you cast <a href="https://magiccards.info/akh/en/211b.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Memory</a> from a graveyard, nothing is targeting a card in graveyard. Therefore <a href="https://magiccards.info/rix/en/182.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Silent Gravestone</a> won't prevent you casting <a href="https://magiccards.info/akh/en/211b.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Memory</a>. When <a href="https://magiccards.info/akh/en/211b.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Memory</a> resolves, both players shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library, then draw seven cards. <a href="https://magiccards.info/rix/en/182.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Silent Gravestone</a> only prevents the casting of a spell (or ability) that targets a card or cards in a graveyard.</p>

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Aulis Ronkainen
<p>A player has <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bSilent%20Gravestone%5d">Silent Gravestone</a> on the battlefield and the opponent has <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCommit%5d%2b%5bMemory%5d">Commit // Memory</a> in their graveyard, where Memory has Aftermath. Can they cast Memory and would it have its effect on the player with Silent Gravestone?</p>

<p>I don't see Memory targeting anything and couldn't find rules saying aftermath requires you to cast target card from the graveyard.</p>

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Can Silent Gravestone prevent someone from casting an Aftermath spell from the graveyard?
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# Can Silent Gravestone prevent someone from casting an Aftermath spell from the graveyard?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-02)

A player has [Silent Gravestone](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bSilent%20Gravestone%5d) on the battlefield and the opponent has [Commit // Memory](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCommit%5d%2b%5bMemory%5d) in their graveyard, where Memory has Aftermath. Can they cast Memory and would it have its effect on the player with Silent Gravestone?

I don't see Memory targeting anything and couldn't find rules saying aftermath requires you to cast target card from the graveyard.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-03. Score: 3

If you cast [Memory](https://magiccards.info/akh/en/211b.html) from a graveyard, nothing is targeting a card in graveyard. Therefore [Silent Gravestone](https://magiccards.info/rix/en/182.html) won't prevent you casting [Memory](https://magiccards.info/akh/en/211b.html). When [Memory](https://magiccards.info/akh/en/211b.html) resolves, both players shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library, then draw seven cards. [Silent Gravestone](https://magiccards.info/rix/en/182.html) only prevents the casting of a spell (or ability) that targets a card or cards in a graveyard.


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