Grim Affliction

Commanders that run Grim Affliction most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Auntie Ool, Cursewretch: 5,944 decks
• Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons: 3,547 decks
• Massacre Girl, Known Killer: 2,176 decks
• Karumonix, the Rat King: 2,053 decks
• Toxrill, the Corrosive: 1,962 decks
• The Scorpion God: 1,793 decks
• High Perfect Morcant: 1,774 decks
• Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon: 1,159 decks

Often played with Grim Affliction

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Puncture Bolt
• Puncture Blast
• Scar
• Wanderer's Strike
• Unbounded Potential
• Grief Tyrant
• Martyr for the Cause
• Splendid Agony
• Blur of Blades
• Serrated Arrows

Rulings

• 2011-06-01: You may choose the creature you put the -1/-1 counter on to get another -1/-1 counter when proliferating.
• 2023-02-04: An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
• 2023-02-04: You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.
• 2023-02-04: To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.
• 2023-02-04: If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
• 2023-02-04: If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
• 2023-02-04: Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.