Card
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Mana cost {3}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior 5/5
Grimgrin enters tapped and doesn't untap during your untap step. Sacrifice another creature: Untap Grimgrin and put a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever Grimgrin attacks, destroy target creature defending player controls, then put a +1/+1 counter on Grimgrin.
Part of 1,442 known combos, 3 of them two-card. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · ISD · #214
- Cheapest printing
- €1.08
- EDHREC salt
- 0.20
- Color identity
- Black, Blue
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Elemental Mastery, Presence of Gond, Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Elemental Mastery, Presence of Gond, Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Elemental Mastery
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Elemental Mastery, Presence of Gond, Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds (early with Elemental Mastery)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
1,442 known combos, 3 of them two-card.
- Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Plague Belcher + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2013-07-01 · Wizards of the Coast
If Grimgrin's last ability resolves, but the targeted creature isn't destroyed (perhaps because it regenerated or has indestructible), you'll still put a +1/+1 on Grimgrin. - 2011-09-22 · Wizards of the Coast
If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time Grimgrin's last ability resolves, the entire ability doesn't resolve and none of its effects will occur. You won't put a +1/+1 counter on Grimgrin. - 2011-09-22 · Wizards of the Coast
If the defending player controls no creatures when Grimgrin attacks, the last ability will be removed from the stack and have no effect.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast