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Heirloom Auntie

Creature — Goblin Warlock

This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it.
Whenever another creature you control dies, surveil 1, then remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature. (To surveil 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed
Price
$0.15
EDHREC rank
#16258
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Heirloom Auntie card art
Heirloom Auntie puts a free 1/1 Goblin token into play every time a non-token creature you control dies, which in the right shell is an engine, not just a value play. The catch is the upkeep cost — pay life or sacrifice it — but Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and recursive creature loops make that trade trivially cheap, and Grub, Storied Matriarch turns every token it spits out into a threat in its own right.

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Grub, Storied Matriarch

35.1% of decks · synergy 0.33

Heirloom Auntie is a core piece in Grub, Storied Matriarch decks because every non-token creature death feeds Auntie a Goblin token, and Grub then converts that growing token board into a pressure engine — the two cards form a self-reinforcing loop that runs through every combat and removal spell the table points your way.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Heirloom Auntie earns its slot in any black sacrifice or aristocrats shell, and it's near-mandatory in Goblin tribal lists where creature deaths are a resource rather than a setback. The upkeep cost is irrelevant at most pod power levels — you're generating enough tokens to never feel squeezed on the sacrifice payment. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, Heirloom Auntie competes with a tighter curve, but sacrifice-focused black strategies can use it as a resilient token engine that refuels after sweepers. Pauper legality means budget builds across formats have access to it, though the three-mana slot is contested there.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.15 bulk tier

At $0.15, Heirloom Auntie is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset for less than a pack. Given how frequently it appears in Grub, Storied Matriarch lists and sacrifice decks broadly, that price is unlikely to climb unless it finds a breakout competitive home, so grab copies now if you need them and don't think twice about the cost.

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