MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #16

Grist, the Hunger Tide

DIGITAL ONLY

aa2·#16·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Yongjae Choi

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Aug '25

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,843 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Legendary Planeswalker — Grist

As long as Grist isn't on the battlefield, it's a 1/1 Insect creature in addition to its other types. +1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process. −2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker. −5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

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Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2021-06-18wotc

Count the number of creature cards in your graveyard as the third loyalty ability resolves to determine how much life each opponent loses. If Grist is in your graveyard at this time, it'll be a creature card and will contribute to the count.

2021-06-18wotc

Grist's second loyalty ability doesn't require a target. If you choose to sacrifice a creature as it resolves, the reflexive triggered ability triggers and you'll choose a target creature or planeswalker to destroy. This will happen even if Grist isn't on the battlefield when the loyalty ability resolves.

2021-06-18wotc

Grist, the Hunger Tide can be your commander as its first ability works before the game begins during deck construction.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from AA2 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #16 of *Arena Anthology 2*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2025 Arena Anthology 2 release.

Card type: Legendary Planeswalker — Grist, color identity black/green, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {1}{B}{G} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Mill.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,843 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Yongjae Choi. Rarix catalogs 433 other cards credited to this artist.