Grist, the Hunger Tide
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{G}
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker — Grist
- Loyalty
- 3
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #1417 (mythic)
- Price
- $17.81 USD
As long as Grist isn't on the battlefield, it's a 1/1 Insect creature in addition to its other types.
+1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process.
−2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Grist, the Hunger Tide has 10 printings, first in Modern Horizons 2 (2021). EDHREC ranks it #2,057 among Commander cards. It appears most in Disa the Restless decks (7,842 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Grist, the Hunger Tide
- Death Toll - Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander, led by Winter, Cynical Opportunist
- Graveyard Overdrive - Modern Horizons 3 Commander, led by Disa the Restless
Commanders that run Grist, the Hunger Tide most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Disa the Restless: 7,842 decks
- Winter, Cynical Opportunist: 5,079 decks
- Zask, Skittering Swarmlord: 4,856 decks
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth: 2,978 decks
- Winter, Misanthropic Guide: 2,370 decks
- Sidisi, Brood Tyrant: 2,152 decks
- Muldrotha, the Gravetide: 2,144 decks
- Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm: 2,059 decks
Often played with Grist, the Hunger Tide
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Count the number of creature cards in your graveyard as the third loyalty ability resolves to determine how much life each opponent loses. If Grist is in your graveyard at this time, it'll be a creature card and will contribute to the count.
- : Grist's second loyalty ability doesn't require a target. If you choose to sacrifice a creature as it resolves, the reflexive triggered ability triggers and you'll choose a target creature or planeswalker to destroy. This will happen even if Grist isn't on the battlefield when the loyalty ability resolves.
- : Grist, the Hunger Tide can be your commander as its first ability works before the game begins during deck construction.
- : Anywhere but on the battlefield, Grist is a Legendary Planeswalker Creature — Grist Insect. Once it enters the battlefield, it is no longer a creature and is just a planeswalker. Anything that could search for or affect a creature or planeswalker card in zones other than the battlefield could affect Grist. For example, you could put it onto the battlefield with Chord of Calling, it could be countered by Essence Scatter (but not by Negate), and opponents couldn't make you discard it with Duress.
- : If Grist is no longer on the battlefield as its first loyalty ability resolves, you will still create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token and mill a card. If an Insect card is milled this way, you won't be able to put a loyalty counter on Grist, but you will still repeat the process. More mill for the Grist, as it were.