---
name: "Grimdancer"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Nightmare"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch"]
set: "IKO"
set_name: "Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths"
collector_number: "90"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Randy Vargas"
oracle_id: "4afd88fa-f8bb-46d4-9ba7-09419e6f858c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grimdancer-iko"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grimdancer
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightmare
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with your choice of two different counters on it from among menace, deathtouch, and lifelink.

> *對於大多數怪獸來說，是牠們藏身黑暗窸窣移動時才最令人畏懼。至少大多數是這樣。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hunted Nightmare](/printing/hunted-nightmare-piko.md) — Creature — Nightmare
2. [Leyline Prowler](/printing/leyline-prowler-war.md) — Creature — Nightmare Beast
3. [Fear of the Dark](/printing/fear-of-the-dark-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
4. [Cackling Slasher](/printing/cackling-slasher-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
5. [Boot Nipper](/printing/boot-nipper-iko.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Gifted Aetherborn](/printing/gifted-aetherborn-plst.md) — Creature — Aetherborn Vampire

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #90
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Randy Vargas
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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