Gríma, Saruman's Footman card art

Gríma, Saruman's Footman

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor MV 4

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

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What it doesRulingsIn the 99Every version

What it does

Gríma can't be blocked.

Whenever Gríma deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Rulings

6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2023-06-16

    If you choose not to cast the card, it is put on the bottom of its owner's library in a random order along with the other exiled cards.

  • 2023-06-16

    If that player exiles their entire library without exiling an instant or sorcery card, they will randomize the order of the exiled cards, and the cards then become that player's library, ending the effect. They will not continue to exile and randomize their library forever.

  • 2023-06-16

    If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

  • 2023-06-16

    You cast the card while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.

  • 2023-06-16

    If the spell you cast has X in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • 2023-06-16

    The cards are exiled face up. All players will be able to see them.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Gríma, Saruman's Footman, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 1
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Sauron, Lord of the Rings 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Grixis 1 deck

Every version of Gríma, Saruman's Footman

5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Gríma, Saruman's Footman. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.