Grasping Thrull
Creature — Thrull
Flying
When this creature enters, it deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #24355
Grasping Thrull enters, drains each opponent for 1, and leaves a 3/3 flying body behind — all for four mana at common. The rate is unspectacular but honest, and any deck that wants repeatable enters-the-battlefield triggers gets real mileage out of it.
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, Grasping Thrull is a role-player in Orzhov blink and aristocrats shells — the drain scales with player count, so a four-player table means 3 life lost and 3 gained on entry, which adds up when you're flickering it repeatedly. In Pauper, the common slot is competitive real estate and a 3/3 flier for four that drains is playable in slower black-white lifegain builds, though it's rarely the first choice. In Modern and Pioneer the card simply doesn't clear the power bar — four mana for this effect gets outclassed quickly. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Grasping Thrull is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons bin, not tracking it down. Price stability is a non-issue; it won't spike unless a prominent Commander list puts it on camera, and even then the ceiling is low.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.