Grisly Survivor
Creature — Minotaur Warrior
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #23015
Grisly Survivor enters as a 2/2 for three mana and grows by +1/+1 whenever you cast a spell from your graveyard — stack enough graveyard recursion and it becomes a legitimate threat on its own. The rate is unimpressive if you're not consistently casting from the yard, but in the right shell it punishes opponents for letting it sit.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Grisly Survivor earns its slot, specifically in graveyard-heavy black decks that cast spells from the bin repeatedly — think Chainer, Nightmare Adept or Prosper, Tome-Bound style engines where each recursion trigger stacks up fast. Outside Commander, it's a fringe Pauper option in graveyard-focused builds where common-legal recursion is deep enough to trigger it multiple times a game. Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy have enough competition at three mana that Grisly Survivor won't see serious play there — the ceiling is too conditional against the power level of those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Grisly Survivor is bulk in every sense — easy to pick up as a throw-in trade or a cheap addition to any order. Bulk commons and uncommons like this rarely move in price unless a breakout Commander deck pushes demand, so don't expect the number to change.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.