Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm
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. // +1: 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. −2: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. −6: 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.
How Grist decks play in EDH
Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm is a Golgari commander in black and green, and its legendary creature - insect // legendary planeswalker - grist line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $82.57Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (2)
Removal (1)
Creatures (13)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
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What colours can I use in a Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm deck?
Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm has a Golgari colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm?
The cards played most often in Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm decks include Avacyn, Angel of Horror, The Master of Lake-town, Dark Matter Manipulator. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $82.57 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.