Grief Tyrant

Grief Tyrant

Creature — Horror

Mana cost: {5}{B/R}

How we read this card

This creature enters with four -1/-1 counters on it.

static — arrives with counters

When this creature dies, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature for each -1/-1 counter on this creature.

triggered — puts counters on it

Causes: put a counter on anything, put a counter on a creature.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  12. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library
  13. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Grief Tyrant onto the battlefield from your library

11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Horror deals combat damage — 382 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

  1. Captain N'ghathrod — When Grief Tyrant deals combat damage, Captain N'ghathrod mills a card

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

When Grief Tyrant gets a counter:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Wickersmith's Tools — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons — makes a token
  4. Flourishing Defenses — makes a token
  5. Nest of Scarabs — makes that many tokens
  6. Obelisk Spider — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Auntie Ool, Cursewretch — draws you 1 card
  8. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  9. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  10. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent

33 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Grief Tyrant gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

When Grief Tyrant attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

113 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

When Grief Tyrant attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Jolene, Plundering Pugilist — makes a token
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

181 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

When Grief Tyrant blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  5. Dwindle — kills a creature

23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

When Grief Tyrant attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature deals combat damage — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

  1. Tifa, Martial Artist — When Grief Tyrant deals combat damage, Tifa, Martial Artist untaps a permanent

196 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

When Grief Tyrant enters:

  1. Scurry Oak — puts a counter on itself
  2. Fathom Mage — puts a counter on itself
  3. Lonis, Genetics Expert — puts a counter on itself
  4. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  5. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  6. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  7. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  8. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  9. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

298 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Grief Tyrant is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Grief Tyrant enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

41 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.