Carrion Grub
Carrion Grub: Creature - Insect, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Insect
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 0/5
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 134
- Artist
- Nicholas Gregory
- Keywords
- Mill
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About Carrion Grub
Carrion Grub is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 134 in that set, with art by Nicholas Gregory. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 0/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Core Set 2021 (2020) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the greatest power among creature cards in your graveyard.
When this creature enters, mill four cards. (Put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Carrion Grub by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Carrion Grub
Carrion Grub has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Masters (CMM) #143 | Common | 2023 |
| Core Set 2021 (M21) #92 | Uncommon | 2020 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Carrion Grub, newest first.
- Carrion Grub's first ability applies only while it is on the battlefield. In all other zones, its power is 0.
- Any counters on creatures that die or effects that affect them until end of turn won't apply to those cards in their owner's graveyard.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.