Grudge Keeper
Creature — Zombie Wizard
Whenever players finish voting, each opponent who voted for a choice you didn't vote for loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #11572
Grudge Keeper drains each opponent for every vote they lose, turning council's dilemma and will of the council spells into life-total punishment that stacks fast at a four-player table. At two mana, the cost is trivial — Tivit, Seller of Secrets decks run it because a single Tivit trigger can close out a game's worth of drain in one shot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
Tivit, Seller of Secrets generates cascading vote sequences every time it attacks, and Grudge Keeper converts every losing vote across those chains into direct life loss — the combination reliably drains opponents into range without any extra pieces.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Grudge Keeper is a Commander-specific card in practice — voting mechanics barely exist outside multiplayer, so its text does almost nothing in Legacy or Vintage where it's technically legal. In Pauper it's a legal common, but no meaningful vote synergies exist in that format's card pool. Commander is the only home where Grudge Keeper earns its slot, and even there it's narrowly tied to voting-heavy builds rather than general black strategies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Grudge Keeper is pure bulk — you're not paying a premium for a niche effect. Given how tightly its value is coupled to a single archetype, there's no reason to expect the floor to move.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.