Grist has Risen by kixere2803

Format: Commander

Creator: kixere2803

Commander: Grist, the Hunger Tide

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Golgari Aristocrats and Graveyard Swarm deck commanded by Grist, the Hunger Tide. Grist serves as both an engine enabler and removal outlet from the command zone, benefiting from its unique rules text that treats it as an Insect creature card in every zone except the battlefield. The strategy focuses on accelerating mana on turn 1 to cast Grist on turn 2 or 3, immediately fueling the graveyard with dredge cards such as Golgari Grave-Troll and Stinkweed Imp while creating a steady stream of 1/1 Insect tokens. These tokens fuel draw engines like Skullclamp, ramp with Jaheira, Friend of the Forest, and death triggers via Mirkwood Bats and Syr Konrad, the Grim. The endgame transitions into explosive turns through mass reanimation spells like Living Death, token swarms buffed by Triumph of the Hordes, or board-wide sacrifice loops that drain the entire table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aatchik, Emerald Radian
  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Altanak, the Thrice-Called
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blightbeetle
  • 1 Broodhatch Nantuko
  • 1 Caustic Caterpillar
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crawling Infestation
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Forever Young
  • 1 Formidable Commons
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
  • 1 Golgari Thug
  • 1 Gravepurge
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heritage Reclamation
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Kishla Village
  • 1 Kraul Harpooner
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Malevolent Rumble
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Molt Tender
  • 1 Nantuko Husk
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Seedship Broodtender
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spring-Leaf Avenger
  • 1 Stinging Cave Crawler
  • 1 Stinkweed Imp
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Swarmweaver
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Way of the Necromancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat