Grim Javelineer
Creature — Human Warrior
Whenever you attack, target attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. When that creature dies this turn, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #26031
Grim Javelineer turns your instant and sorcery spells into a repeatable ping engine, dealing 1 damage to any target each time you cast one. The catch is that it accumulates -1/-1 counters at the same rate, so it's a resource you spend down rather than a permanent fixture.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Grim Javelineer earns a slot in spellslinger or burn-adjacent builds where you're casting enough instants and sorceries to justify a body that doubles as a damage distributor — think Kalamax, the Stormsire or Veyran, Voice of Duality shells where every spell triggers matter. The -1/-1 counter drain means it won't survive a long game, but in Pauper it's a legitimate roleplayer: commons-only environments reward any repeatable damage source that doesn't cost card equity. In competitive eternal formats like Modern and Legacy, Grim Javelineer doesn't meet the rate — one damage per spell on a fragile creature isn't close to what those formats demand.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Grim Javelineer is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. That price is stable by definition; there's no realistic demand spike that moves a card at this floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.