Gremlin Tamer
Creature — Human Scout
Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, create a 1/1 red Gremlin creature token.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #8144
Gremlin Tamer enters and destroys an artifact — no mana investment beyond casting it, no hoops to jump through. The synergy ceiling arrives in shells like Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor that care about enters-the-battlefield triggers or alongside Niko, Light of Hope where shard generation compounds every incidental body you land.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Niko, Light of Hope
Niko, Light of Hope turns every creature entering the battlefield into a shard, so Gremlin Tamer isn't just artifact removal — it's also fuel for Niko's ability to churn out tokens and pump the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gremlin Tamer is a bulk common in competitive formats — five mana is too slow for Legacy or Modern, where artifact removal needs to cost one or two and hit the same turn a threat resolves. In Standard and Pioneer it's a serviceable sideboard option if the meta demands artifact hate on a body, but it will rarely make the main. Commander is the right home: five mana is acceptable for a creature that replaces itself through ETB synergies, and the artifact destruction is relevant often enough that decks caring about enters-the-battlefield value — or those that need redundant removal stapled to creatures — have a legitimate reason to run it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card


Secret Arcade // Dusty ParlorGremlin Tamer
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Draw the game
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Enchanted EveningGremlin Tamer
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Draw the game
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Gremlin TamerScreams from Within
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite death triggers
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Traveling PlagueViscera SeerGremlin Tamer
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite scry 1
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Traveling PlagueAshnod's AltarGremlin Tamer
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana
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Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Gremlin Tamer sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb — it's a common with a narrow role and no spike potential in competitive formats. Pick it up freely if the ETB synergy fits your build; there's no financial risk either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor
- Niko, Light of Hope
- Enchanted Evening
- Screams from Within
- Traveling Plague
- Viscera Seer
- Ashnod's Altar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.