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Grist The Hunger Tide (Insect Self-Mill)
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Est deck cost: $413.23
Salt sum: 35.21
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Commander

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Grist, the Hunger Tide

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.

Planeswalker
Grist, the Hunger Tide (mh2) 306

Commander

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Enchantment

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Crawling Infestation

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.) Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere during your turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
Crawling Infestation (dbl) 460
Crawling Sensation

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.) Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere for the first time each turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Enchantment
Crawling Sensation (soi) 199
Doubling Season

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead. If an effect would put one or more counters on a permanent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead.

Enchantment
Doubling Season (rav) 158
Growing Rites of Itlimoc

Enchantment
Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun (lci) 188Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun (lci) 188
Mortal Combat

At the beginning of your upkeep, if twenty or more creature cards are in your graveyard, you win the game.

Enchantment
Mortal Combat (tor) 71
Parallel Lives

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

Enchantment
Parallel Lives (isd) 199
Primal Vigor

If one or more tokens would be created, twice that many of those tokens are created instead. If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.

Enchantment
Primal Vigor (wot) 59
Sylvan Anthem

Green creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever a green creature you control enters, scry 1.

Enchantment
Sylvan Anthem (mh2) 176

Enchantment

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Artifact

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Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (plg22) 1
The Chain Veil

At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't activate a loyalty ability of a planeswalker this turn, you lose 2 life. {4}, {T}: For each planeswalker you control, you may activate one of its loyalty abilities once this turn as though none of its loyalty abilities have been activated this turn.

Artifact
The Chain Veil (m15) 215

Artifact

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Flipwalker (Insect)

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Grist, Voracious Larva

Creature
Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm (mh3) 251Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm (mh3) 251

Flipwalker (Insect)

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Creatures (Insects)

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Amzu, Swarm's Hunger

Flying, menace Other Insects you control have menace. Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, you may create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest mana value among those cards. Do this only once each turn.

Creature
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger (clu) 24
Bane of the Living

Morph {X}{B}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Creature
Bane of the Living (lgn) 60
Blightbeetle

Protection from green (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything green.) Creatures your opponents control can't have +1/+1 counters put on them.

Creature
Blightbeetle (plst) M20-87
Bloodline Pretender

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Whenever another creature you control of the chosen type enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature Artifact
Bloodline Pretender (khm) 235
Brain Maggot

When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card until this creature leaves the battlefield.

Creature Enchantment
Brain Maggot (jou) 62
Broodhatch Nantuko

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens. Morph {2}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Broodhatch Nantuko (ons) 250
Canoptek Scarab Swarm

Flying Feeder Mandibles — When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard. For each artifact or land card exiled this way, create a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying.

Creature Artifact
Canoptek Scarab Swarm (40k) 150
Canoptek Tomb Sentinel

Vigilance Exile Cannon — When this creature enters from a graveyard, exile up to one target nonland permanent. Unearth {7} ({7}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Canoptek Tomb Sentinel (40k) 152
Carrion Grub

This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the greatest power among creature cards in your graveyard. When this creature enters, mill four cards. (Put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature
Carrion Grub (m21) 92
Caustic Caterpillar

{1}{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Caustic Caterpillar (ori) 170
Circuit Mender

When this creature enters, you gain 2 life. When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Circuit Mender (neo) 242
Devouring Swarm

Flying Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Devouring Swarm (m12) 91
Dross Hopper

Sacrifice a creature: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Dross Hopper (som) 60
Giant Adephage

Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

Creature
Giant Adephage (c19) 169
Haywire Mite

When this creature dies, you gain 2 life. {G}, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.

Creature Artifact
Haywire Mite (bro) 199
Hex Parasite

{X}{B/P}: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Hex Parasite (nph) 137
Hornet Nest

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Creature
Hornet Nest (m15) 177
Hornet Queen

Flying, deathtouch When this creature enters, create four 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch.

Creature
Hornet Queen (clb) 825
Kraul Foragers

Undergrowth — When this creature enters, you gain 1 life for each creature card in your graveyard.

Creature
Kraul Foragers (grn) 135
Kraul Harpooner

Reach Undergrowth — When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature you don't control with flying. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard, then you may have this creature fight that creature.

Creature
Kraul Harpooner (grn) 136
Kraul Whipcracker

Reach When this creature enters, destroy target token an opponent controls.

Creature
Kraul Whipcracker (mkm) 213†
Living Hive

Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.

Creature
Living Hive (mrd) 124
Masked Vandal

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) When this creature enters, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, exile target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

Creature
Masked Vandal (khm) 184
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

Flying Whenever a player sacrifices another permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Creature
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest (c15) 48
Mortician Beetle

Whenever a player sacrifices a creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Mortician Beetle (mm3) 78
Nantuko Elder

{T}: Add {C}{G}.

Creature
Nantuko Elder (plst) ODY-254
Nantuko Husk

Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Nantuko Husk (ons) 159
Nantuko Vigilante

Morph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Nantuko Vigilante (c19) 174
Nullmage Advocate

{T}: Return two target cards from an opponent's graveyard to their hand. Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Nullmage Advocate (jud) 126
Phantom Nantuko

Trample This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Phantom Nantuko (c13) 160
Scute Mob

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control five or more lands, put four +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Creature
Scute Mob (ddp) 22
Scute Swarm

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. If you control six or more lands, create a token that's a copy of this creature instead.

Creature
Scute Swarm (pznr) 203★
Skylasher

Flash This spell can't be countered. Reach, protection from blue

Creature
Skylasher (dgm) 49
Spring-Leaf Avenger

Ninjutsu {3}{G} ({3}{G}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Spring-Leaf Avenger (neo) 208
Springheart Nantuko

Bestow {1}{G} Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may pay {1}{G} if this permanent is attached to a creature you control. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature. If you didn't create a token this way, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Creature Enchantment
Springheart Nantuko (mh3) 171
Swarm of Bloodflies

Flying This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Swarm of Bloodflies (ktk) 92
Virus Beetle

When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.

Creature Artifact
Virus Beetle (neo) 128
Vorapede

Vigilance, trample Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Vorapede (dka) 131
Xantid Swarm

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, defending player can't cast spells this turn.

Creature
Xantid Swarm (ema) 193
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

You may play lands and cast Insect spells from your graveyard. Whenever another Insect you control dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library, then mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.) {1}{B/G}: Target Insect gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. ({B/G} can be paid with either {B} or {G}.)

Creature
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord (j22) 47

Creatures (Insects)

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Instants & Sorceries

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Bone Harvest

Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Bone Harvest (mir) 108
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (sta) 51
Footbottom Feast

Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. Draw a card.

Instant
Footbottom Feast (lrw) 115
Forever Young

Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Forever Young (eld) 89
Gravepurge

Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. Draw a card.

Instant
Gravepurge (dka) 65
Living Death

Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Living Death (brb) 38
Peer into the Abyss

Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.

Sorcery
Peer into the Abyss (pm21) 117p
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (8ed) 274
Splendid Reclamation

Return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Splendid Reclamation (vow) 221
Wild Growth

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Enchantment
Wild Growth (5ed) 342

Instants & Sorceries

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Creatures (Non-Insects)

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Izoni, Thousand-Eyed

Undergrowth — When Izoni enters, create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token for each creature card in your graveyard. {B}{G}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed (grn) 180
The Swarmweaver

When The Swarmweaver enters, create two 1/1 black and green Insect creature tokens with flying. Delirium — As long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, Insects and Spiders you control get +1/+1 and have deathtouch.

Creature Artifact
The Swarmweaver (dsk) 301

Creatures (Non-Insects)

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Land

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Blighted Woodland

{T}: Add {C}. {3}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Blighted Woodland (ncc) 388
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (ncc) 395
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (vow) 263
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (ncc) 400
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (mid) 276
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (vow) 276
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (vow) 277
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (vow) 412
Golgari Rot Farm

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{G}.

Land
Golgari Rot Farm (2x2) 324
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (ncc) 416
Riveteers Overlook

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Riveteers Overlook (snc) 255
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mid) 273
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (vow) 272
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (vow) 273
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (clb) 459
Swarmyard

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Regenerate target Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Land
Swarmyard (tsp) 278
Temple of Malady

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Malady (ncc) 433
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (afc) 267

Land

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Tokens & Extras

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Copy

(This token can be used to represent a token that's a copy of a permanent.)

Token
Copy (tdsk) 1
Insect

Creature Token
Insect (tsoi) 7
Insect

Creature Token
Insect (tznr) 7
Insect

Flying

Creature Artifact Token
Insect (t40k) 22
Insect

Flying, deathtouch

Creature Token
Insect (tdsc) 12
Insect

Flying

Creature Token
Insect (tdsk) 13
Insect

Creature Token
Insect (tdsc) 22
Morph

(You can cover a face-down creature with this reminder card. A card with morph can be turned face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Morph (tmkc) 30
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (tneo) 17

Tokens & Extras

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Description

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