---
name: "Gimli, Mournful Avenger"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Dwarf Warrior"
colors: ["G", "R"]
color_identity: ["G", "R"]
keywords: ["Fight"]
set: "PLTR"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Promos"
collector_number: "209s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bartłomiej Gaweł"
oracle_id: "9f3941d8-b4d2-4faf-881a-f15973b4368d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gimli-mournful-avenger-pltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gimli, Mournful Avenger
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Dwarf Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Fight

## Oracle Text
Gimli has indestructible as long as two or more creatures died under your control this turn.
Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Gimli. When this ability resolves for the third time this turn, Gimli fights up to one target creature you don't control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gimli, Counter of Kills](/printing/gimli-counter-of-kills-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Dwarf Warrior
2. [Gimli of the Glittering Caves](/printing/gimli-of-the-glittering-caves-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Dwarf Warrior
3. [Drudge Sentinel](/printing/drudge-sentinel-plst.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
4. [Estwald Shieldbasher](/printing/estwald-shieldbasher-dbl.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Iron-Shield Elf](/printing/iron-shield-elf-ecl.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
6. [Mirrormere Guardian](/printing/mirrormere-guardian-ltr.md) — Creature — Dwarf Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #209s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bartłomiej Gaweł
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

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