Gnarlroot Pallbearer
Creature — Treefolk Druid
Trample
When this creature enters, target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #22385
Gnarlroot Pallbearer puts a +1/+1 counter on a target creature when it enters and recurs itself from the graveyard whenever a creature you control dies with a counter on it — that loop is the whole game. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 body that does nothing without a counter-laden board already in motion.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gnarlroot Pallbearer earns its slot in any deck running +1/+1 counter synergies — Ghave, Guru of Spores and Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons both generate the conditions it needs to recur endlessly. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper, but competitive lists in those formats have no patience for a 2/2 that requires setup to generate value. Pauper is the only 60-card format where a self-recurring creature at common could theoretically find a home, but the graveyard recursion condition is too conditional for a format with this much efficient interaction.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Gnarlroot Pallbearer is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than order. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply from draft chaff is high; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.