---
name: "Grist, the Hunger Tide"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Grist"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "368"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Yongjae Choi"
oracle_id: "0efb0d7e-dea0-4817-a243-15066e9ef333"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grist-the-hunger-tide-mh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Grist, the Hunger Tide
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Grist
- **Starting Loyalty:** 3
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
As long as Grist isn't on the battlefield, it's a 1/1 Insect creature in addition to its other types.
+1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process.
−2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm](/printing/grist-voracious-larva-grist-the-plague-swarm-mh3.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect // Legendary Planeswalker — Grist
2. [Moldgraf Millipede](/printing/moldgraf-millipede-j22.md) — Creature — Insect Horror
3. [Carrion Grub](/printing/carrion-grub-m21.md) — Creature — Insect
4. [Molt Tender](/printing/molt-tender-dft.md) — Creature — Insect Druid
5. [Crawling Infestation](/printing/crawling-infestation-vow.md) — Enchantment
6. [Seedship Broodtender](/printing/seedship-broodtender-eoe.md) — Creature — Insect Citizen

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #368
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Yongjae Choi
- **Total Printings:** 48 across all historical editions

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