---
name: "Grief Tyrant"
mana_cost: "{5}{B/R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "189"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Izzy"
oracle_id: "ce855b35-4a31-4e42-9dbc-fea8d244fbe0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grief-tyrant-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grief Tyrant
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B/R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 8/8

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with four -1/-1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature for each -1/-1 counter on this creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deathbringer Thoctar](/printing/deathbringer-thoctar-arb.md) — Creature — Zombie Beast
2. [Festering Mummy](/printing/festering-mummy-akr.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Shambling Swarm](/printing/shambling-swarm-tor.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Bile-Vial Boggart](/printing/bile-vial-boggart-ecl.md) — Creature — Goblin Assassin
5. [Festering Goblin](/printing/festering-goblin-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin
6. [Retched Wretch](/printing/retched-wretch-ecl.md) — Creature — Goblin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #189
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Izzy
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`