Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm

Strategy & Gameplay

This transforming legendary creature from Modern Horizons 3 offers innovative deckbuilding opportunities across multiple formats and strategies. As Grist, Voracious Larva, this 1/1 flyer with deathtouch mills three cards when it enters the battlefield, efficiently filling your graveyard while providing an evasive body that trades favorably with larger threats thanks to its deathtouch ability. The milling effect synergizes beautifully with graveyard-focused strategies, making it excellent in self-mill decks, dredge variants, and any archetype that benefits from cards in the bin. Once you've accumulated enough graveyard resources, Grist transforms into Grist, the Plague Swarm, a planeswalker that generates incremental value through its plus ability while threatening immediate damage with its minus ability, creating a versatile threat that opponents must answer immediately. This card slots naturally into midrange graveyard shells, Cedh combo strategies in Commander, and Modern grindy decks where both the creature and planeswalker modes provide meaningful impact. The dual nature makes it excellent in formats like Commander and Oathbreaker where a single card slot provides multiple strategic angles. Players seeking a card that bridges creature and planeswalker gameplay while enabling graveyard synergies will find this particularly valuable. Its legality across historic, modern, legacy, vintage, and all casual formats ensures long-term utility, while the transform mechanic appeals to players who enjoy cards that reward clever sequencing and position-building throughout the game.