Irreverent Gremlin
Creature — Gremlin
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card. Do this only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #8367
Irreverent Gremlin puts a free artifact sacrifice on the board the moment it enters — no mana, no tap, just a one-time "destroy target artifact you control" trigger that feeds any engine hungry for sacrifice fodder. The cost is that it's a 1/1 for two mana that does nothing after that first hit, so outside of Norin the Wary and similar blink-and-bounce shells, it's strictly a role-player, not a staple.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Norin the Wary
Norin the Wary blinks itself every time a spell is cast or a creature attacks, and Irreverent Gremlin re-enters with a fresh ETB trigger each time — meaning a single Gremlin becomes a repeating artifact sacrifice engine for zero mana across the whole table's turns.
Arabella, Abandoned Doll
Arabella, Abandoned Doll cares about artifacts and tokens entering and dying, and Irreverent Gremlin supplies both a body and a self-contained sacrifice loop when paired with any blink or recur effect in the 99.
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer tutors creatures directly into play, and Irreverent Gremlin's ETB fires the instant it arrives — making it a searchable, on-demand artifact removal piece that also feeds go-wide creature counts.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Irreverent Gremlin earns its slot in exactly one archetype: ETB-loop decks that can reset it repeatedly, turning the free sacrifice trigger into a consistent artifact removal or value engine. Outside that context, two mana for a 1/1 with a one-shot ETB doesn't clear the bar in a 100-card singleton format. In competitive 60-card formats — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — it's outclassed by artifact interaction that costs less mana or hits harder, so don't expect it to show up in those queues. Irreverent Gremlin is a narrow, dedicated EDH role-player.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Irreverent Gremlin is deep bulk — grab it out of a commons box or toss it into any order to hit free shipping. There's no price pressure on a card this narrow, so it will stay at the floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.