MTG Salvation

Suppose I have a fat creature such as Griselbrand in my hand, a Lion's Eye Diamond in play and hard cast Shallow Grave. Can I crack the LED in response, pitching my hand (with Griselfatty in it) to the yard, and reanimate him??

Thanks in advance! I know you can do this with Exhume and not with Reanimate because Reanimate targets the creature and Exhume doesn't. I'm just not sure how it works with Shallow Grave since it says "the top creature card".

Sure you can. Once you discard Griselbrand to pay Lion's Eye Diamond's activation cost, it immediately becomes the top creature card of your graveyard (even though Lion's Eye Diamond will then go to the graveyard on top of it). Assuming another creature doesn't get put into your graveyard after that, once Shallow Grave resolves, it will see that Griselbrand is the top creature card of your graveyard, and return Griselbrand to the battlefield.

As for your other question, no, Shallow Grave does not target the creature card in question.

Woah! Why have been playing with Reanimate this whole time? Shallow Grave is the much better option. Thank you!!