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Grumgully, the Generous

Legendary Creature — Goblin Shaman

Each other non-Human creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{R}{G}
Color identity
GR
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Throne of Eldraine
Price
$0.25
EDHREC rank
#4046
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Grumgully, the Generous card art
Grumgully, the Generous puts a +1/+1 counter on every non-Human creature you play for the rest of the game — a static, no-hoops-required buff that turns token generators and creature-based combo pieces into immediate threats. The cost is a three-mana 3/3 with no evasion, so it earns its slot through the engine it enables, not the body it brings; pair it with a free sacrifice outlet like Goblin Bombardment and a persist or undying creature and you have an infinite loop, while shells helmed by Chishiro, the Shattered Blade treat it as a relentless counter-doubling engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

76.1% of decks · synergy 0.69

Chishiro, the Shattered Blade triggers whenever a creature you control gets one or more +1/+1 counters, creating a 2/2 Spirit token — and Grumgully, the Generous guarantees every non-Human ETB fires that trigger, turning each new creature into two bodies and a growing board state with almost no additional investment.

02
Shattergang Brothers

Shattergang Brothers

44.6% of decks · synergy 0.42

Shattergang Brothers demands a steady supply of creatures, artifacts, and enchantments to sacrifice, and Grumgully, the Generous shores up the creature side by making every non-Human that enters a slightly stickier sacrifice target — relevant when you're feeding the Brothers' ability turn after turn.

03
Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

36.4% of decks · synergy 0.29

Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes puts Boo onto the battlefield as a Hamster with a +1/+1 counter already on it, and Grumgully, the Generous stacks an additional counter on top, letting Boo swing as a 3/3 trampler the moment it arrives rather than the baseline 1/1.

04
The Swarmlord

The Swarmlord

16.5% of decks · synergy 0.16

The Swarmlord cares about proliferate and Insect tokens that grow over time, and Grumgully, the Generous seeds every Insect ETB with an immediate counter — accelerating the clock on when those tokens become relevant attackers and giving proliferate more counters to copy each trigger.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Grumgully, the Generous is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive ceiling outside of Commander is low — a three-mana 3/3 with a tribal-adjacent static ability doesn't clear the efficiency bar those formats demand. In Commander, though, Grumgully, the Generous is a genuine build-around: the counter-on-ETB effect triggers without any activation cost, stacks cleanly with persist and undying creatures to enable infinite loops, and scales hard in token-heavy or counter-synergy decks. It's at its best in the 99 of a deck with a non-Human creature theme rather than as a commander itself, where it quietly warps every creature drop into a threat.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.25 bulk tier

At $0.25, Grumgully, the Generous is deep bulk — there's no financial barrier to running it, and the price reflects supply rather than power. It enables legitimate infinite combos and sees play across multiple commander archetypes, so don't let the price tag suggest it's underpowered; it's just been printed enough to keep it accessible.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.