Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm

Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm

Legendary Creature — Insect // Legendary Planeswalker — Grist

Mana cost: {G}

How we read this card

Deathtouch
Whenever Grist or another creature you control enters, if it entered from your graveyard or you cast it from your graveyard, you may pay {G}. If you do, exile Grist, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control.

triggered —

triggered — blinks a permanent

triggered —

Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill two cards. Put a deathtouch counter on the token if a black card was milled this way.

activated +1 — makes a token

activated +1 — mills a card

activated +1 — puts a counter on it

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

activated −2 —

For each creature card in your graveyard, create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 1/1 black and green Insect.

activated −6 — makes a token

What we read on this card

Causes: exile a card, anything leaves the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, transform anything, create an Insect creature token, put an Insect creature token onto the battlefield, mill a card, put a counter on anything, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 80 cards in Grist's colors can cause this.

  1. Way of the Deathbringer — Way of the Deathbringer gives Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm an extra ability
  2. Way of the Wildspeaker — Way of the Wildspeaker gives Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm an extra ability

78 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an Insect attacks — 238 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm attacks, Fumulus, the Infestation makes each opponent lose 1 life

an enchantment in a graveyard — 414 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm puts cards into the:

  1. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — graveyard that Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring back
  2. Deadbridge Chant — graveyard that Deadbridge Chant can bring back
  3. Loamcrafter Faun — graveyard that Loamcrafter Faun can bring back
  4. Pull Through the Weft — graveyard that Pull Through the Weft can bring back
  5. Conduit of Worlds — graveyard that Conduit of Worlds can bring back
  6. Squirming Emergence — graveyard that Squirming Emergence can bring back
  7. Embodiment of Agonies — graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
  8. Retrieve — graveyard that Retrieve can bring back
  9. Exploration Broodship — graveyard that Exploration Broodship can bring back
  10. Pharika's Mender — graveyard that Pharika's Mender can bring back

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

an artifact in a graveyard — 632 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm puts cards into the:

  1. Dredger's Insight — graveyard that Dredger's Insight can bring back
  2. Resistance Is Futile — graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  3. Scarecrone — graveyard that Scarecrone can bring back
  4. Technomancer — graveyard that Technomancer can bring back
  5. Chitin Gravestalker — graveyard, and Chitin Gravestalker gets bigger
  6. Ooze Patrol — graveyard, and Ooze Patrol gets bigger
  7. Ceti Eel — graveyard, and Ceti Eel gets bigger
  8. Aatchik, Emerald Radian — graveyard, and Aatchik, Emerald Radian gets bigger
  9. Moriok Scavenger — graveyard that Moriok Scavenger can bring back
  10. Dukhara Scavenger — graveyard that Dukhara Scavenger can bring back

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

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 646 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm:

  1. Party Dude — draws you 1 card
  2. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  5. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life
  6. Disciple of the Vault — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Moriok Rigger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Molder Beast — gets +2/+0
  9. Magnetic Mine — deals 2 damage
  10. Viridian Harvest — gains you 6 life

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

provide a creature to sacrifice — 1,021 cards in Grist's colors can cause this.

  1. Birthing Ritual — Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm makes fodder for Birthing Ritual

1,020 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 1,401 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm:

  1. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Wildwood Mentor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a token is created — 1,402 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

When Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm makes an Insect token:

  1. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  2. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 1,758 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

When Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm leaves the battlefield:

  1. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  2. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  3. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,787 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

When Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm leaves the battlefield:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Three Tree Scribe — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Ninja Teen — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  5. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

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

a card in a graveyard — 3,505 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm:

  1. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  2. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  3. Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  4. Victimize — puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  5. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  6. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — puts cards into the graveyard that Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring back
  7. Repentant Vampire — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  8. Treacherous Vampire — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  9. Nantuko Calmer — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Nantuko Calmer needs
  10. Gurzigost — puts cards into the graveyard that Gurzigost can bring back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 3,505 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — When an artifact or enchantment hits the graveyard thanks to Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm, The Haunt of Hightower puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Vulturous Zombie — When an artifact or enchantment hits the graveyard thanks to Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm, Vulturous Zombie puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Bloodchief Ascension — When an artifact or enchantment hits the graveyard thanks to Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm, Bloodchief Ascension makes each opponent lose 2 life
  4. Planar Void — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm, Planar Void hits a graveyard
  5. Measure of Wickedness — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm, Measure of Wickedness gives an opponent control of itself

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

a creature is cast — 6,648 cards in Grist's colors can cause this (Grist is one).

  1. Champions of the Perfect — When Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm is cast, Champions of the Perfect draws you 1 card

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