Gríma, Saruman's Footman
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 4
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander #140 (rare)
- Price
- $5.16 USD
Gríma can't be blocked.
Whenever Gríma deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Gríma, Saruman's Footman has 5 printings, first in Tales of Middle-earth Commander (2023). EDHREC ranks it #3,210 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (9,428 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Gríma, Saruman's Footman
- Hosts of Mordor - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Commanders that run Gríma, Saruman's Footman most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 9,428 decks
- Lord of the Nazgûl: 5,352 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 4,644 decks
- Gonti, Canny Acquisitor: 4,614 decks
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 3,119 decks
- Tasha, the Witch Queen: 2,984 decks
- Saruman of Many Colors: 2,858 decks
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings: 2,310 decks
Often played with Gríma, Saruman's Footman
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you choose not to cast the card, it is put on the bottom of its owner's library in a random order along with the other exiled cards.
- : If that player exiles their entire library without exiling an instant or sorcery card, they will randomize the order of the exiled cards, and the cards then become that player's library, ending the effect. They will not continue to exile and randomize their library forever.
- : If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
- : You cast the card while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.
- : If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- : The cards are exiled face up. All players will be able to see them.