Grist, the Hunger Tide
Legendary Planeswalker — Grist
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.
Loyalty 3
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2 (MH2 #368)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana value
- 3
- Released
- 2021-06-18
- Artist
- Yongjae Choi
- EDHREC rank
- #2,047
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 22
All 22 combos.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Caustic Caterpillar
- Aatchik, Emerald Radian
- Grist, Voracious Larva
- Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
- Hornet Queen
- Hornet Nest
- Blightbeetle
- Giant Adephage
- Scute Mob
- Scute Swarm
- Spring-Leaf Avenger
- Moldgraf Millipede
- Gravepurge
- Forever Young
- Haywire Mite
- Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
- Nantuko Elder
- Broodhatch Nantuko
- Huskburster Swarm
- Fumulus, the Infestation
- Seedship Broodtender
- Icetill Explorer
- Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
- Carrion Grub
- Footbottom Feast
- Mortician Beetle
- Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
- Nantuko Husk
- Crawling Infestation
- Stinging Cave Crawler
- Circuit Mender
- Molt Tender
- Springheart Nantuko
- Ant Queen
- Realmwalker
- Dread Return
- Crawling Sensation
- Kraul Harpooner
- Bone Harvest
- Devouring Swarm
- Swarmyard
- Liliana's Talent
- Gene Pollinator
- Xantid Swarm
- Altanak, the Thrice-Called
- The Swarmweaver
- Bane of the Living
- Masked Vandal
- Caustic Wasps
- Syr Konrad, the Grim
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Forest
- Swamp
- Command Tower
- Caustic Caterpillar
- Haywire Mite
- Sol Ring
- Scute Swarm
- Hornet Queen
- Grist, Voracious Larva
- Aatchik, Emerald Radian
- Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
- Hornet Nest
- Giant Adephage
- Woodland Cemetery
- Blightbeetle
- Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
- Scute Mob
- Spring-Leaf Avenger
- Moldgraf Millipede
- Skullclamp
- Arcane Signet
- Gravepurge
- Icetill Explorer
- Forever Young
- Fumulus, the Infestation
- Broodhatch Nantuko
- Llanowar Wastes
- Nantuko Elder
- Huskburster Swarm
- Seedship Broodtender
- Overgrown Tomb
- Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
- Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
- Swarmyard
- Carrion Grub
- Victimize
- Tainted Wood
- Mortician Beetle
- Footbottom Feast
- Dread Return
- Springheart Nantuko
- Nantuko Husk
- Realmwalker
- Crawling Infestation
- Golgari Rot Farm
- Molt Tender
- Crawling Sensation
- Stinging Cave Crawler
- Circuit Mender
- Temple of Malady
Format legality
Rulings
- 2021-06-18
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.
- 2021-06-18
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.
- 2021-06-18
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.
- 2021-06-18
Grist, the Hunger Tide can be your commander as its first ability works before the game begins during deck construction.
- 2021-06-18
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.