Deadly Grub
Planar Chaos 69 • common
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Collector number
- 69
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- E. M. Gist
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
Vanishing 3 (This creature enters with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
When this creature dies, if it had no time counters on it, create a 6/1 green Insect creature token with shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Deadly Grub was released in February 2007 as part of the Planar Chaos expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed around the concept of an alternate reality where the color pie—the fundamental philosophical and mechanical divisions of the game—was shifted, allowing players to see familiar themes reimagined through different mechanical lenses.
The card was illustrated by artist Matt Cavotta, who chose to depict the creature with a visceral, unsettling aesthetic that fit the theme of a parasitic organism growing over time. It was intended as an uncommon, flavor-heavy creature that rewarded players for interacting with its delayed growth mechanic, and it remains a modest example of the experimental design philosophy prevalent during the Time Spiral block.
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