Gríma Wormtongue

Gríma Wormtongue

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Your opponents can't gain life.
Target player loses 1 life. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, amass Orcs 2.

activated {T}, Sacrifice another creature —

activated {T}, Sacrifice another creature — makes each opponent lose 1 life

activated {T}, Sacrifice another creature — puts 2 counters on it

What we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, make a player lose life, create an Army creature token, create an Orc creature token, put an Army creature token onto the battlefield, put an Orc creature token onto the battlefield, put a counter on an Army creature token, put a counter on an Orc creature token.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

  1. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Gríma Wormtongue, it has the Ring tempt you
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Gríma Wormtongue, it exiles a Nightmare

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 698 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 699 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue:

  1. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  2. Plumb the Forbidden — copies a spell
  3. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  5. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk — makes 2 tokens
  6. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Lightless Evangel — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  9. Prowling Geistcatcher — exiles it

a creature gets a counter — 542 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

  1. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Gríma Wormtongue, Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate puts a counter on a permanent

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

a creature in a graveyard — 1,237 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

Gríma Wormtongue puts cards into the:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  2. Sword of Light and Shadow — graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  3. Necromantic Thirst — graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
  4. Ruthless Technomancer — graveyard that Ruthless Technomancer can bring back
  5. Forum Necroscribe — graveyard that Forum Necroscribe can bring back
  6. The Deck of Many Things — graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  7. Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette — graveyard that Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette can bring back
  8. Sibsig Muckdraggers — graveyard that Sibsig Muckdraggers can bring back
  9. The Cauldron of Eternity — graveyard, and The Cauldron of Eternity gets bigger
  10. Zuko's Conviction — graveyard that Zuko's Conviction can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 1,237 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue:

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  2. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  3. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  4. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  5. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  6. Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner — makes a token
  7. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  8. Body Launderer — draws and discards
  9. Nightmare Shepherd — exiles it
  10. Homicide Investigator — triggers

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

a creature dies — 1,255 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

  1. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  2. Meathook Massacre II — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  3. Ashnod's Intervention — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  4. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire brings a card back
  5. Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker brings a card back
  6. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho brings a card back
  7. Undying Malice — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Undying Malice brings a card back
  8. Feign Death — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Feign Death brings a card back
  9. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Gríma Wormtongue, it makes you lose life
  10. Treacherous Werewolf — When Treacherous Werewolf dies thanks to Gríma Wormtongue, it makes you lose life

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 1,280 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

  1. Robot Domination — When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Gríma Wormtongue, Robot Domination draws you 1 card

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

life is lost — 1,256 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

When Gríma Wormtongue makes a player lose life:

  1. Hour of Victory — raises your speed
  2. Walking Sarcophagus — raises your speed
  3. Gas Guzzler — raises your speed
  4. Gastal Raider — raises your speed
  5. Risen Necroregent — raises your speed
  6. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  7. Starting Column — raises your speed
  8. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  9. Lich's Mastery — triggers
  10. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent

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

anything is sacrificed — 1,292 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,418 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice another creature to Gríma Wormtongue, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a card in a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — Gríma Wormtongue fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

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

a creature attacks — 3,478 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Gríma Wormtongue attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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

anything attacks — 3,478 cards in Gríma Wormtongue's colors can cause this (Gríma Wormtongue is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Gríma Wormtongue attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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