---
name: "Deadly Grub"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Vanishing"]
set: "PLC"
set_name: "Planar Chaos"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "common"
artist: "E. M. Gist"
oracle_id: "093112dd-ebfd-4983-9357-0a9b07e10bb1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deadly-grub-plc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Deadly Grub
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Vanishing

## Oracle Text
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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Waning Wurm](/printing/waning-wurm-plc.md) — Creature — Zombie Wurm
2. [Chronozoa](/printing/chronozoa-plc.md) — Creature — Illusion
3. [Deadwood Treefolk](/printing/deadwood-treefolk-c13.md) — Creature — Treefolk
4. [Soultether Golem](/printing/soultether-golem-fut.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
5. [Lord Dregg, Insect Invader](/printing/lord-dregg-insect-invader-tmt.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect Warrior
6. [Wriggling Grub](/printing/wriggling-grub-j25.md) — Creature — Worm

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planar Chaos (PLC) #69
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** E. M. Gist
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`