Vivien's Grizzly
Creature — Bear Spirit
: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature or planeswalker card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. If you don't put the card into your hand, put it on the bottom of your library.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- War of the Spark
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #13484
Vivien's Grizzly is a repeatable top-of-library tutor stapled to a 2/3 reach body — the reach alone pulls its weight against fliers, but the activated ability is the real reason it sees play. In Ayula, Queen Among Bears, every activation finding another bear is a free Ayula trigger waiting to happen.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ayula, Queen Among Bears
Ayula, Queen Among Bears wants a high bear density, and Vivien's Grizzly delivers by digging through the top two cards every turn to find one — each hit fuels another +2/+2 counter distribution or forced fight.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Vivien's Grizzly is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees meaningful play in exactly one of those: Commander. Pauper is the only other format where the activated ability's raw value could theoretically justify a slot, but three mana per activation is too slow against Pauper's aggressive and tempo-oriented field. In Modern and Pioneer, a 2/3 for three that doesn't impact the board immediately isn't close to the rate required. Commander is where Vivien's Grizzly earns its keep — a 100-card singleton library means the selection effect compounds over a long game, and bear tribal has exactly one commander that wants this card badly enough to run it in 58% of decks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Vivien's Grizzly is deep bulk — pick it up without hesitation if you're building an Ayula, Queen Among Bears deck. Bulk tribal pieces with a single strong home rarely climb unless that commander spikes in popularity, so don't expect movement, but at this price you're not buying a bet, you're buying a card.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.