Grime Gorger
Creature — Horror
Menace
Whenever this creature attacks, exile up to one card of each card type from defending player's graveyard. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each card exiled this way.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #20583
Grime Gorger enters as a threat that scales directly with how many nonland permanents have died this game — in a sacrifice-heavy Commander pod, that number gets large fast. The cost is that it does nothing the turn it enters if the graveyard is empty, and a 5-mana vanilla 1/1 is a liability.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Grime Gorger has any real home, specifically in sacrifice or aristocrats shells where opponents' creatures die as collateral by turn five and your own board is cycling through fodder constantly. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but neither format is interested in a five-mana creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no protection. Grime Gorger is a Commander-only card in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Grime Gorger is deep bulk — the price of a throwaway filler slot. It won't appreciably rise unless a new sacrifice commander drives targeted demand, so grab it for pennies if the shell fits and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.