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Grim Poppet

Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

This creature enters with three -1/-1 counters on it.
Remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on another target creature.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{7}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Shadowmoor
Price
$1.48
EDHREC rank
#9108
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Grim Poppet card art
Grim Poppet enters with seven -1/-1 counters it can redistribute to creatures at will, making it a walking removal engine against token swarms and small utility creatures. The cost — seven mana for a 0/0 that dies the moment it runs dry — would be prohibitive if Necrotic Ooze and Auntie Ool, Cursewretch didn't exist to reload it for free.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch

Auntie Ool, Cursewretch

48.0% of decks · synergy 0.44

Auntie Ool, Cursewretch's ability to move -1/-1 counters off her own creatures directly refuels Grim Poppet, turning its counter drain into an indefinitely renewable removal loop rather than a one-shot clearout.

02
The Reaper, King No More

The Reaper, King No More

39.7% of decks · synergy 0.36

The Reaper, King No More cares about creatures dying with -1/-1 counters on them, and Grim Poppet is one of the most efficient ways to put those counters exactly where they need to be to trigger that payoff repeatedly.

03
The Scorpion God

The Scorpion God

13.3% of decks · synergy 0.13

The Scorpion God draws a card whenever a creature gets a -1/-1 counter, so Grim Poppet's ability to spread counters across multiple creatures in a single turn sequence translates directly into a hand-refill engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Grim Poppet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — seven mana is barely competitive in 60-card formats, and the effect doesn't close games fast enough for Legacy or Vintage. In Commander, the card is narrowly powerful rather than broadly playable: it does almost nothing in the wrong shell and becomes a centerpiece combo piece in the right one. Outside of dedicated -1/-1 counter synergy decks, it's a bench card.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.48 cheap tier

At $1.48, Grim Poppet sits firmly in the bulk-rare tier — low enough that slotting it into any compatible -1/-1 counter build is a no-brainer. Its niche application keeps the price floor low, so don't expect it to climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the mainstream.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.