Grievous Wound

Commanders that run Grievous Wound most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Eriette of the Charmed Apple: 4,035 decks
• Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls: 3,379 decks
• Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor: 2,041 decks
• Astarion, the Decadent: 1,547 decks
• Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival: 1,303 decks
• The Lord of Pain: 1,128 decks
• Aphelia, Viper Whisperer: 1,070 decks
• Killian, Decisive Mentor: 984 decks

Often played with Grievous Wound

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Curse of Surveillance
• Curse of Inertia
• Curse of Echoes
• Mire Boa
• Sosuke's Summons
• Marsh Boa
• River Boa
• Curse of Conformity
• Curse of Exhaustion
• Cobra Trap

Rulings

• 2024-09-20: If an effect says to set the enchanted player's life total to a number that's higher than their current life total, that player's life total won't change.
• 2024-09-20: Grievous Wound's last ability triggers only once whenever enchanted player is dealt combat damage, no matter how many creatures deal combat damage to them at the same time.
• 2024-09-20: Spells and abilities that cause the enchanted player to gain life still resolve while Grievous Wound is on the battlefield. The enchanted player won't gain life, but any other effects of that spell or ability will still happen.
• 2024-09-20: Grievous Wound's last ability triggers and resolves after the damage is dealt. For example, if the enchanted player has 10 life and is dealt 1 damage, that damage will reduce their life total to 9. Then Grievous Wound's ability will cause that player to lose 5 life, leaving their life total at 4.