Grim Hireling
The List AFC-25 • rare
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- AFC-25
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Tomas Duchek
- Market price
- $10.64
What it does
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create two Treasure tokens.
black mana, Sacrifice X Treasures: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Grim Hireling first appeared in the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set, released in 2021, which marked the inaugural crossover between Magic: The Gathering and the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. The design team aimed to capture the essence of a mercenary character, utilizing the 'treasure' token mechanic to reflect the pragmatic, coin-driven nature of hirelings within the tabletop roleplaying game's lore. The card was crafted to support black-aligned gameplay strategies that benefit from creature combat and gold accumulation.
The version featured in The List is a curated reprint series maintained by Wizards of the Coast, designed to keep certain thematic or utility cards circulating in physical pack openings. By including cards like Grim Hireling in this selection, the developers ensured that players who missed the initial release of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms had ongoing access to the card's specific mechanics, which had gained popularity for its synergy with treasure-focused deck building.
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