Aristocrat Grimgrin- value loops by user1654345

Format: Commander

Commander: Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born leads a UB Zombie tribal deck that wins by turning death triggers into life loss. The primary plan is to assemble a Gravecrawler + Grimgrin + Relic of Legends loop, using Grimgrin's sacrifice-untap ability to recast Gravecrawler over and over while Zulaport Cutthroat, Diregraf Captain, or Agent of the Iron Throne drains opponents. Rooftop Storm and Sedraxis Alchemist provide a second free-cast lock, and Zombie lords plus Gray Merchant offer a combat/finisher fallback. Sephiroth acts as a secondary drain/value engine but is not a hidden commander-the deck is built around the Gravecrawler/Grimgrin engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archghoul of Thraben
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Butcher Ghoul
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Ebondeath, Dracolich
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Forbidden Alchemy
  • 1 Gate to the Afterlife
  • 1 Geralf's Messenger
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Ghoulish Procession
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gravedigger
  • 1 Gravepurge
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Josu Vess, Lich Knight
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Liliana's Devotee
  • 1 Liliana's Standard Bearer
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Loyal Subordinate
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Murky Sewer
  • 1 Open the Graves
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sedraxis Alchemist
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sidisi, Regent of the Mire
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Survivors' Encampment
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Vizier of the Scorpion
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat