Grizzly Ghoul
Creature — Zombie Bear
Trample
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature that died this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #23439
Grizzly Ghoul enters as a 4/3 for four mana in the right graveyard deck — baseline stats that justify the slot before any synergy is counted. The cost is a strict deckbuilding requirement: you need bodies in the graveyard at cast time, or you're paying four for a 2/1.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Grizzly Ghoul is a Commander card through and through — the format's 99-card graveyard ecosystems, self-mill commanders, and sacrifice loops are exactly where a conditional 4/3 for four finds a home. In Modern and Pioneer, a four-mana creature that requires setup to match baseline rate is simply too slow against formats that demand threats which pressure the board on their own. Legacy and Vintage are even harder cuts — those formats don't run four-mana creatures that ask for preconditions to be merely acceptable. Stick to Commander, where graveyard density is a feature of the format rather than a gamble.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Grizzly Ghoul is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without a second thought. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; it fills a role in graveyard synergy decks but never as a must-have, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.