Gríma, Saruman's Footman
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
Mana cost: {2}{U}{B}
How we read this card
Gríma can't be blocked.
static — restricts what can block it
Whenever Gríma deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
triggered —
- wants this card dealing combat damage
- makes exile an instant
- makes exile a sorcery
triggered —
- wants this card dealing combat damage
- makes cast an instant
- makes cast a sorcery
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: exile an instant, exile a sorcery, cast an instant, cast a sorcery.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Gríma is one).
- The War Doctor — When an instant or sorcery is exiled thanks to Gríma, Saruman's Footman, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Gríma is one).
When an instant is cast thanks to Gríma, Saruman's Footman:
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
- Niv-Mizzet, Parun — draws you 1 card
- Arasta of the Endless Web — makes a token
- Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands — taxes the table
- Geometric Nexus — puts that spell's mana value charge counters on itself
- Mage Hunter — makes a player lose 1 life
- Bonus Round — copies a spell
- Rod of Absorption — exiles it
- Eye of the Storm — exiles it
424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Gríma is one).
When Gríma, Saruman's Footman is cast:
- God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
- Primeval Bounty — makes a token
89 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Gríma is one).
- Riku of Two Reflections — When Gríma, Saruman's Footman enters, Riku of Two Reflections makes a token
32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.