Grim Wanderer 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.
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Official card text
Flash Tragic Backstory — Cast this spell only if a creature died this turn.
How it works : Grim Wanderer
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Grim Wanderer's ability doesn't care who controlled the creature that died.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
#1
Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea + Cloudstone Curio + Grim Wanderer + Sheltering Ancient
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
- 1Activate Gwenna by tapping it, adding
that can only be spent to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.
- 2Cast Grim Wanderer by paying
.
- 3Gwenna triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and untapping it.
- 4Grim Wanderer enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio, returning Sheltering Ancient from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Activate Gwenna by tapping it, adding
that can only be spent to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.
- 6Cast Sheltering Ancient by paying
.
- 7Gwenna triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and untapping it.
- 8Sheltering Ancient enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio, returning Grim Wanderer from the battlefield to your hand.
#2
Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea + Cloudstone Curio + Grim Wanderer + Tempting Wurm
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
- 1Activate Gwenna by tapping it, adding
that can only be spent to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.
- 2Cast Tempting Wurm by paying
.
- 3Gwenna triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and untapping it.
- 4Tempting Wurm enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Cloudstone Curio.
- 5Resolve the Tempting Wurm trigger, allowing each opponent to put any number of artifact, enchantment, creature and/or land cards from their hand onto the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Grim Wanderer from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Activate Gwenna by tapping it, adding
that can only be spent to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.
- 8Cast Grim Wanderer by paying
.
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Legal formats
historictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerbrawlcompetitivebrawldueltlr
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