Grist, the Hunger Tide
Grist, the Hunger Tide: Legendary Planeswalker - Grist, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Grist
- Colour identity
- Black and green (BG)
- Loyalty
- 3
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 220
- Artist
- Yongjae Choi
- Commander rank
- 1,936 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Mill
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Grist, the Hunger Tide
Grist, the Hunger Tide is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black and green legendary planeswalker from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 220 in that set, with art by Yongjae Choi. It costs {1}{B}{G} (one generic, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It enters with 3 loyalty. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 8 sets, from The List (2020) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
As long as Grist isn't on the battlefield, it's a 1/1 Insect creature in addition to its other types.
[+1]: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process.
[−2]: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
[−5]: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.68 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Grist, the Hunger Tide by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Grist, the Hunger Tide
Grist, the Hunger Tide has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Arena Anthology 2 (AA2) #16 | Mythic | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #MH2-202 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #264 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1417 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91327 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #202 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #306 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #368 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 Promos (PMH2) #202s | Mythic | 2021 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Grist, the Hunger Tide, newest first.
- Count the number of creature cards in your graveyard as the third loyalty ability resolves to determine how much life each opponent loses. If Grist is in your graveyard at this time, it'll be a creature card and will contribute to the count.
- Grist's second loyalty ability doesn't require a target. If you choose to sacrifice a creature as it resolves, the reflexive triggered ability triggers and you'll choose a target creature or planeswalker to destroy. This will happen even if Grist isn't on the battlefield when the loyalty ability resolves.
- Grist, the Hunger Tide can be your commander as its first ability works before the game begins during deck construction.
- Anywhere but on the battlefield, Grist is a Legendary Planeswalker Creature - Grist Insect. Once it enters the battlefield, it is no longer a creature and is just a planeswalker. Anything that could search for or affect a creature or planeswalker card in zones other than the battlefield could affect Grist. For example, you could put it onto the battlefield with Chord of Calling, it could be countered by Essence Scatter (but not by Negate), and opponents couldn't make you discard it with Duress.
- If Grist is no longer on the battlefield as its first loyalty ability resolves, you will still create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token and mill a card. If an Insect card is milled this way, you won't be able to put a loyalty counter on Grist, but you will still repeat the process. More mill for the Grist, as it were.
Similar cards
Other planeswalker cards with a black and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Grist, the Hunger Tide is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.