---
name: "Gristle Grinner"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "242"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dave Allsop"
oracle_id: "419f4648-2ace-4bd4-9ae4-8d456688c089"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gristle-grinner-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gristle Grinner
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature dies, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

> *"There it was, clawing the ice as it chittered and clicked its teeth. We fled in horror before it unearthed its grisly meal."
—Aevar Borg, northern guide, journal entry*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gavony Unhallowed](/printing/gavony-unhallowed-j22.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Grim Physician](/printing/grim-physician-thb.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Open the Graves](/printing/open-the-graves-scd.md) — Enchantment
4. [Undead Executioner](/printing/undead-executioner-avr.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Festering Goblin](/printing/festering-goblin-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin
6. [Champion of the Perished](/printing/champion-of-the-perished-mid.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #242
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dave Allsop
- **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`