---
name: "Grim Reminder"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MRD"
set_name: "Mirrodin"
collector_number: "66"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wayne England"
oracle_id: "12684e95-2652-4c3c-b2c7-021b62344d77"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grim-reminder-mrd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grim Reminder
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Search your library for a nonland card and reveal it. Each opponent who cast a spell this turn with the same name as that card loses 6 life. Then shuffle.
{B}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your upkeep.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grim Tutor](/printing/grim-tutor-me3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Memoricide](/printing/memoricide-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Agonizing Remorse](/printing/agonizing-remorse-thb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Distant Memories](/printing/distant-memories-mbs.md) — Sorcery
5. [Slaughter Games](/printing/slaughter-games-ea1.md) — Sorcery
6. [Spoils of the Vault](/printing/spoils-of-the-vault-mrd.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin (MRD) #66
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wayne England
- **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`