Grappling Sundew
Creature — Plant
Defender, reach
: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this creature.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #21172
Grappling Sundew blocks every flying creature indefinitely — reach plus the activated ability to give itself indestructible until end of turn means it stalls air-based aggro for as long as you have two green mana per turn. The cost is that it does nothing else: no power, no utility, no late-game scaling.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Grappling Sundew occupies a narrow slot as a repeatable flying blocker in green decks that lack access to blue or white answers — most green commanders have better options for dealing with fliers, so it rarely makes the cut. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Legacy, a 0/3 defender with a conditional indestructibility trick is simply too low-impact to register; those formats demand threats or interaction that advances a board state, and Grappling Sundew does neither. Pioneer follows the same logic. Oathbreaker is close enough to Commander that the same verdict applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Grappling Sundew is deep bulk — easy to acquire, easy to cut. It won't appreciate; the effect is too narrow to drive demand.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.