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Blistergrub

Creature — Phyrexian Horror2 generic manaBlack mana

Two abilities that quietly want the same opponent: the swampwalk makes it unblockable against black decks, and the death trigger drains them regardless of how it dies. The bundling is the point. Evasion against a Swamp-running opponent means the body gets in for two until they find a way to deal with it, and the moment they do, the dying creature taxes them another two. It is a small reward structure that loads the value into the matchup where the creature is already best, then hands you a consolation drain when removal answers it. The death-trigger half also makes it indifferent to how it dies: chump-attacking, trading in combat, being sacrificed, or eating removal all pay the same two life, which is the kind of "no bad outcome" math that aggressive black decks like in a body this cheap. Landwalk has always been a feast-or-famine keyword, completely live against the right base and a dead word against everything else, and the death drain is the design's hedge against the famine half. None of it adds up to a card that demands an answer, but the construction is honest about what it is: a beater that punishes black mirrors twice over and refuses to die for free.

Blistergrub (som)
SOM · #56common
Pricing
Normal: $0.18
Foil: $0.48
Oracle Text

Rules text

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) When this creature dies, each opponent loses 2 life.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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