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Grim Wanderer

Creature — Goblin Warlock

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Tragic Backstory — Cast this spell only if a creature died this turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Price
$0.13
EDHREC rank
#17567
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Grim Wanderer card art
Grim Wanderer enters as a 5/4 for two mana — one of the most threatening stat lines at that cost — but it demands a creature died under your control this turn to cast it. In Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea builds and any deck that generates consistent fodder, that condition is trivially met; everywhere else, it's a conditional beater that bricks in hand when you need it most.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Grim Wanderer is a Commander card at its core — the format's multiplayer chaos guarantees creatures die constantly, often on your opponents' turns, which means the cast condition is regularly live without any deck-building investment. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy, a 5/4 for two with a mandatory setup requirement competes poorly against unconditional threats at the same rate, and any deck that wants a beater this big usually has better options. Pioneer follows the same logic: the condition is too unreliable without a dedicated sacrifice shell to support it. Grim Wanderer is best understood as a role-player that needs the right environment to shine, and Commander provides that environment by default.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.13 bulk tier

At $0.13, Grim Wanderer sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bargain bin. The price reflects limited cross-format demand, and there's no meaningful pressure to push it higher unless it finds a breakout Commander build.

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