Grixis Sojourners
Creature — Zombie Ogre
When you cycle this card and when this creature dies, you may exile target card from a graveyard.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #29141
Grixis Sojourners trades a creature for a free exile on entry, which is real — but a 5/4 for five with no evasion and a steep cycling cost is a lot to ask when better interaction exists at every point on the curve. It earns a slot only in dedicated Cycling or Unearth shells where the graveyard clause pays off.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Grixis Sojourners is a niche inclusion — the exile trigger is real removal, but five mana for a vanilla-ish body rarely competes with cheaper, more repeatable options unless you're leaning on Cycling synergies or Unearth recursion. In Pauper, where the card pool is narrow and common creatures do real work, it sees occasional play in Cycling-synergy lists that want both the trigger and a late-game body to cycle into threats. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest — the effect doesn't approach the power level those formats demand. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic: playable only if your signature spell or planeswalker actively rewards Cycling or graveyard density.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Grixis Sojourners is pure bulk — you'll spend more on a sleeve than on the card itself. Bulk commons with narrow applications don't climb, so buy as many as you need without a second thought and don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.