---
name: "Gríma Wormtongue"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Advisor"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Amass"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "734"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alex Brock"
oracle_id: "8f98806e-c6b7-44af-b436-88acf36d25ec"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grma-wormtongue-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gríma Wormtongue
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
- **Keywords:** Amass

## Oracle Text
Your opponents can't gain life.
{T}, Sacrifice another creature: Target player loses 1 life. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, amass Orcs 2.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gríma, Saruman's Footman](/printing/gríma-sarumans-footman-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
2. [Kambal, Consul of Allocation](/printing/kambal-consul-of-allocation-2x2.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
3. [Golgari Rotwurm](/printing/golgari-rotwurm-mm3.md) — Creature — Zombie Wurm
4. [Death Cultist](/printing/death-cultist-roe.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Sorin Markov](/printing/sorin-markov-m12.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin
6. [Disciple of Griselbrand](/printing/disciple-of-griselbrand-c13.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #734
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alex Brock
- **Total Printings:** 3 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(2023-06-16)* To amass Orcs N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- *(2023-06-16)* In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Orcs, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- *(2023-06-16)* If you don't control an Army, the Orc Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
- *(2023-06-16)* Gríma Wormtongue's activated ability checks whether the sacrificed creature was legendary as it last existed on the battlefield. It doesn't matter whether or not it's legendary in the graveyard.
- *(2023-06-16)* Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."
- *(2023-06-16)* If an effect says to set an opponent's life total to a number that's higher than the opponent's current life total while Gríma Wormtongue is on the battlefield, the player's life total doesn't change.