Shrieking Grotesque
Creature — Gargoyle
Flying
When this creature enters, if 
was spent to cast it, target player discards a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30298
Shrieking Grotesque enters the battlefield and rips a card from an opponent's hand — if you paid the white kicker cost — stapling discard to a 2/1 flier for three mana. The body is irrelevant and the rate is uncompetitive; better targeted discard exists at lower cost without a creature attached.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shrieking Grotesque is a bulk common in every format that will touch it, and nowhere does it see meaningful play. In Commander, one-for-one discard on a fragile creature is close to useless — hands refill too fast across four players for a single rip to matter. Pauper is its only conceivable home given the card pool constraints, but even there dedicated discard shells prefer cheaper, more reliable options. Legacy and Vintage have access to effects so far beyond this rate that Shrieking Grotesque is functionally invisible.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Shrieking Grotesque is deep bulk — the price of a card nobody wants. It won't rise; there's no competitive demand and no scarcity driving it anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.