Grenzo's Rebuttal is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Create a 4/4 red Ogre creature token. Starting with you, each player chooses an artifact, a creature, and a land from among the permanents controlled by the player to their left. Destroy each permanent chosen this way.
Complete guide
Grenzo's Rebuttal is a chaotic red sorcery that brings a powerhouse to your side while dismantling the boards of your opponents. It forces a unique 'round-robin' style of destruction where you don't pick your own losses, but rather decide the fate of your neighbor. This card is perfect for disrupting established boards while adding a 4/4 body to your battlefield.
What It Does
First, you create a 4/4 red Ogre creature token. Then, a series of choices occurs: every player, starting with you, must look at the player to their left and select one artifact, one creature, and one land that person controls. Once every player has finished selecting these items, all the chosen permanents are destroyed at the same time.
How It Resolves Step by Step
When Grenzo's Rebuttal resolves, you immediately place your 4/4 Ogre token onto the battlefield. Next, you look at the player to your left and choose one artifact, one creature, and one land they control. The player to your left then does the same for their neighbor, and so on around the table. Crucially, this spell does not target, meaning you can choose permanents with Hexproof or Protection. Finally, all selected permanents are put into their owners' graveyards simultaneously.
Common Mistakes
A common mistake is thinking you can choose your own permanents to destroy; you only ever choose from the player to your left. Additionally, keep in mind that the Ogre token you just created is a valid target for the player to your right! If a permanent has multiple types, like an artifact creature, it can be chosen as the artifact, the creature, or even both (though selecting it for both doesn't destroy it 'more' than once).
When to Play It
This card is best played when the player to your left has high-value assets you need to remove, or when you can benefit from your opponents losing specific resources. Because it is a six-mana sorcery, it is often a mid-to-late game play that shifts the political landscape of a Commander game.
Interaction examples
Mana GeyserIf your opponents have many tapped lands, you can cast Mana Geyser to generate a large amount of red mana. Use that mana to cast Grenzo's Rebuttal early, allowing you to establish a 4/4 Ogre and destroy key lands and creatures before your opponents can stabilize their board states.
Ogre
Chandra's IgnitionAfter Grenzo's Rebuttal resolves and you have your 4/4 Ogre token, you can cast Chandra's Ignition targeting that Ogre. The Ogre will deal 4 damage to every other creature and every opponent, potentially wiping out any small creatures that survived the initial 'Rebuttal' selection process.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Grenzo's Rebuttal
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The choices are made in turn order starting with you. However, all chosen permanents are destroyed simultaneously.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
None of the chosen permanents are targeted. A player can choose a creature with protection from red, for example.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a permanent has more than one of the listed types, it can be chosen for any of them. For example, if the player to your left controls an artifact creature, you could choose it as the creature, the artifact, or both.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The player on your right can choose the Ogre that Grenzo’s Rebuttal creates.
Card named in this ruling
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