Grim Initiate
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Type
- Creature — Zombie Warrior
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- War of the Spark #130 (common)
- Price
- $0.17 USD
First strike
When this creature dies, amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Grim Initiate has 1 printing, first in War of the Spark (2019). EDHREC ranks it #16,424 among Commander cards. It appears most in Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain decks (144 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Grim Initiate most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain: 144 decks
- Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted: 37 decks
- Orcus, Prince of Undeath: 30 decks
- Grishnákh, Brash Instigator: 17 decks
- Titania, Proud Pummeler
Often played with Grim Initiate
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you don't control an Army, the Zombie Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
- : Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."
- : Amass Orcs works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token if you don't control an Army. If the Army creature you chose isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Zombies, you can end up with an Orc Zombie Army.
- : Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.
- : To amass Zombies N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types.
- : In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Zombies, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types.