Grim Repriser — ruling 1

Grim Repriser doesn't need to have been in your graveyard at the time the damage was dealt. For example, if you cast a spell that deals damage to an opponent before combat, then Grim Repriser dies due to combat damage, you can activate its ability the same turn.

Grim Repriser : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Grim Repriser 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

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) : Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only if an opponent has been dealt noncombat damage this turn. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

How it works : Grim Repriser

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
Grim Repriser doesn't need to have been in your graveyard at the time the damage was dealt. For example, if you cast a spell that deals damage to an opponent before combat, then Grim Repriser dies due to combat damage, you can activate its ability the same turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.