---
name: "Grim Flayer"
mana_cost: "{B}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Warrior"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Delirium", "Surveil", "Trample"]
set: "SIR"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "234"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "21254bdb-7b1f-4ac6-8fdd-f0ac2c35f47d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grim-flayer-sir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grim Flayer
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Delirium, Surveil, Trample

## Oracle Text
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Delirium — This creature gets +2/+2 as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Backwoods Survivalists](/printing/backwoods-survivalists-emn.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Dragon's Rage Channeler](/printing/dragons-rage-channeler-sld.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
3. [Grim Javelineer](/printing/grim-javelineer-dft.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [A-Dragon's Rage Channeler](/printing/a-dragons-rage-channeler-mh2.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
5. [Soul Swallower](/printing/soul-swallower-psoi.md) — Creature — Wurm
6. [Foul Watcher](/printing/foul-watcher-j21.md) — Creature — Nightmare Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #234
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 35 across all historical editions

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