How big is your graveyard?

BlessedOne

I won the fight against Nicol Bolas using a ton of black cycling cards. When I dropped Vile Manifestation, I expected it to get like... +25 at least. Instead it only got +9. I cycle and played a ton of card with "cycling." This match took me something in the realm of 20 minutes to win. 
So... how big is the graveyard?
How far back (how deep) does the game use the graveyard to trigger effects?

Rhasget

Cycled cards don't go the graveyard, they are exiled.

GrizzoMtGPQ

You need to destroy cards for that effect to be good. Find cards that cause you to discard like the flip side of Farm or Pull from Tomorrow.

BlessedOne

Rhasget said:

Cycled cards don't go the graveyard, they are exiled.

Good point. Thanks.

So what about playing a card like Apocalypse Demon?
At the end of the game against Nicol, I played 85 support cards.
How many of the hard cast support cards would Apocalypse Demon pull into generating bonus stats?

I think its about time that the game offered us a look into our graveyard.
Maybe even an exiled stack...

BlessedOne

GrizzoMtGPQ said:

You need to destroy cards for that effect to be good. Find cards that cause you to discard like the flip side of Farm or Pull from Tomorrow.

Another good point. I often underestimate the value of discarding cards. I need to discard more to improve the buff of creatures like Vile Manifestation and Apocalypse Demon.

Do cards such as Enigma Drake or Warfire Javelineer benefit from discarded spells? Or do the spells need to be cast?

Mainloop25

The spells can be discarded for Enigma Drake to get the buff.

Firinmahlazer

There's a spell out there also that exiles cards from your graveyard, making cards that feed off it useless. Can't recall the card right now

wereotter

Any card you manually remove from your hand is exiled, which is why there's the confirmation you're going to exile the card. You can cast unburden on yourself to discard them, or use Smuggler's Copter

Doomstat

Liliana 1 has her first ability that helps quite a bit with your discard. 

span_argoman

Spells go to the graveyard when cast or discarded from your hand/library. As people have pointed out, Cycling exiles the spell instead. Removing it from hand through the trash bin also exiles the card.

Creatures and Supports go to the graveyard when they are destroyed on the battlefield or discarded from your hand/library. All subsequent copies of a creature/support cast that reinforced the original one will enter the graveyard at the same time when the creature/support is destroyed. Otherwise they stay 'binded' to the original card on the battlefield.

rafalele

Also Liliana 2 with her 1st ability.

BlessedOne

The graveyard is quite large. I think it retains all the cards played during the entire game.
I dropped 6 Apocalypse Demons for a total of 564 points of damage during my battle with Nicol Bolas.
I used Magmatic Insight and Cathertic Reunion to discard my hand for a few minutes.

stikxs

How big is your graveyard? Trick question, we can't even see it!

Mainloop25

My graveyard is a grower, not a show-er.