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Gríma Wormtongue
Oracle Text
Your opponents can't gain life.
{T}, Sacrifice another creature: Target player loses 1 life. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, amass Orcs 2.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Gríma Wormtongue is a perfect fit for a grindy black control or aristocrats-style value deck, where his job is less about combat and more about strangling the table’s resources. His static ability shutting off opponents’ life gain is quietly brutal against attrition decks, combat tricks, and incidental lifelink, while the tap-and-sacrifice ability turns spare bodies into repeatable drain. The real payoff is legendary creatures: sacrificing one not only converts a fragile board piece into damage, but also amasses Orcs 2, giving you both pressure and board presence. That makes him especially strong with cheap legendary token-makers, recursive creatures, or commanders that like being sacrificed and returned. Pair him with sacrifice outlets, death triggers, and ways to untap him if you want to maximize the drain engine. Flavorfully, he feels like a whispering manipulator, trading servants and heroes alike for incremental corruption, which matches the card’s gameplay: slow, oppressive, and hard to race.
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Character Background
Gríma Wormtongue is a perfect fit for a grindy black control or aristocrats-style value deck, where his job is less about combat and more about strangling the table’s resources. His static ability shutting off opponents’ life gain is quietly brutal against attrition decks, combat tricks, and incidental lifelink, while the tap-and-sacrifice ability turns spare bodies into repeatable drain. The real payoff is legendary creatures: sacrificing one not only converts a fragile board piece into damage, but also amasses Orcs 2, giving you both pressure and board presence. That makes him especially strong with cheap legendary token-makers, recursive creatures, or commanders that like being sacrificed and returned. Pair him with sacrifice outlets, death triggers, and ways to untap him if you want to maximize the drain engine. Flavorfully, he feels like a whispering manipulator, trading servants and heroes alike for incremental corruption, which matches the card’s gameplay: slow, oppressive, and hard to race.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 14:10:48 UTC