Myojin of Grim Betrayal
Legendary Creature — Spirit
Myojin of Grim Betrayal enters with an indestructible counter on it if you cast it from your hand.
Remove an indestructible counter from Myojin of Grim Betrayal: Put onto the battlefield under your control all creature cards in all graveyards that were put there from anywhere this turn.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Neon Dynasty Commander
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #11368
Myojin of Grim Betrayal hits the board and immediately threatens to reanimate every creature your opponents have lost — once you pop the divinity counter, you can steal an entire graveyard's worth of threats in a single turn. Nine mana is the real cost, but commanders like Marvo, Deep Operative and Iname, Death Aspect either cheat it into play or fill graveyards fast enough that the payoff justifies the price tag.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Marvo, Deep Operative
Marvo, Deep Operative manipulates the top of libraries and triggers off casting spells from unusual zones, making Myojin of Grim Betrayal a natural fit — Marvo accelerates the card advantage and self-mill needed to stock opposing graveyards before the Myojin's counter ever gets removed.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Myojin of Grim Betrayal is a Commander card through and through — the format's 40-life totals, multiplayer graveyards, and graveyard-filling strategies give the divinity counter ability a realistic chance of stealing five or more creatures in one activation. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, nine mana for a creature with no immediate protection is unplayable; faster formats simply don't give it the table time it needs. Oathbreaker could theoretically support it in a dedicated reanimator shell, but the singleton restriction and lower starting life total make the payoff harder to assemble consistently.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Iname, Death AspectMyojin of Grim Betrayal
Put a selection of permanent cards from your library onto the battlefield
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Myojin of Cleansing FireMyojin of Grim BetrayalHuatli's Raptor
Destroy all creatures except Myojin of Cleansing Fire during each turn; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite proliferate; Put all creature cards destroyed by Myojin of Cleansing Fire onto the battlefield under your control; Lock
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Myojin of Grim BetrayalBlightbelly RatAshnod's Altar
Infinite blinking; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite proliferate; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Myojin of Grim BetrayalBlightbelly RatPhyrexian Altar
Infinite blinking; Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite proliferate; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Myojin of Grim BetrayalCore ProwlerAshnod's Altar
Infinite blinking; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite proliferate; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Myojin of Grim Betrayal sits firmly in bulk rare territory, which is accurate for a nine-mana card with narrow Commander applications. Don't expect the price to climb without a reprint in a high-profile precon or a breakout combo discovery — it's a fun build-around at a cost that makes experimentation painless.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.