Grenzo's Cutthroat
Creature — Goblin Rogue
First strike
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #23718
Grenzo's Cutthroat is a one-mana 1/1 with first strike that gives your whole team first strike until end of turn when it attacks — a real combat trick stapled to a body. It's cheap to cast and occasionally backbreaking in go-wide aggro, but outside dedicated token or Goblin strategies it's too narrow to earn a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Grenzo's Cutthroat earns its slot only in dedicated token-aggro decks where attacking with five or more creatures makes the first-strike anthem genuinely threatening. In Pauper, where one-mana creatures are scrutinized hard, it competes for space in red-based goblin or aggro shells but rarely makes the cut over creatures with more intrinsic power. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the effect doesn't come close to the power level those formats demand. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: synergy-dependent, fine in the right shell, invisible outside it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Grenzo's Cutthroat is deep bulk — you're essentially picking it up for free out of a common box. Price stability is a non-issue at this tier; it won't spike and it won't bottom out further, so grab a copy if you want it and don't think twice.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.