Sorin, Grim Nemesis
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
+1: Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to its mana value.
−X: Sorin deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life.
−9: Create a number of 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature tokens with lifelink equal to the highest life total among all players.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2016-04-08
In a Two-Headed Giant game, the highest life total among all players is the highest life total among all teams.
- 2016-04-08
If a card in your library has X in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Sorin, Grim Nemesis, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aminatou, the Fateshifter | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Esper 1 deck
Sorin, Grim Nemesis price history
The Shadows over Innistrad #251 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $4.49 | $10.51 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $4.49 | $10.51 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $4.46 | $10.51 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $4.49 | $10.51 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $4.43 | $10.51 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $4.30 | $10.51 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $4.36 | $10.51 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $4.37 | $10.51 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $4.43 | $10.51 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $4.46 | $10.55 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $4.45 | $10.55 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $4.31 | $10.55 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $4.21 | $10.65 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $4.24 | $10.65 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $4.23 | $10.65 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $4.25 | $10.65 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $4.23 | $11.02 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $4.33 | $11.02 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $4.33 | $11.19 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $4.28 | $11.19 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $4.30 | $11.19 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $4.24 | $11.19 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $4.24 | $10.85 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $4.21 | $10.85 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Sorin, Grim Nemesis
3 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. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Borderless
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $8.07
- Foil
- $8.01
- Normal
- $4.49
- Foil
- $10.51
Promo
Shadows over Innistrad Promos
- Foil
- $34.67
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Sorin, Grim Nemesis. 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.
