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Grim Servant

Black

2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Grim Servant, Modern Horizons 3 printing
Modern Horizons 3 MH3 · No. 409 2024-06-14

Card text

{3}{B}
Creature — Zombie Warlock
Menace When this creature enters, search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to your devotion to black, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
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Keywords: Menace
EDHREC rank #4002 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 when determining that card's mana value.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

If you put an Aura on an opponent's permanent, you still control the Aura, and mana symbols in its mana cost count towards your devotion. Similarly, if you make an opponent the protector of a Siege you control, mana symbols in that battle's mana cost count toward your devotion.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Colorless and generic mana symbols ({C}, {0}, {1}, {2}, {X}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Count the number of black mana symbols among the mana costs of permanents you control as Grim Servant's triggered ability resolves to determine your devotion to black. If Grim Servant is still on the battlefield at that time, it will be included in that count.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

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