---
name: "Merrow Grimeblotter"
mana_cost: "{3}{U/B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "171"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Cyril Van Der Haegen"
oracle_id: "4e9a63d2-b48b-4740-95ba-7966ada95baf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/merrow-grimeblotter-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Merrow Grimeblotter
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U/B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{1}{U/B}, {Q}: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

> *Les crachelimons passent tant de temps dans les Méandres obscurs qu'ils restent toujours avec eux où qu'ils aillent.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Silvergill Douser](/printing/silvergill-douser-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
2. [Wilderness Hypnotist](/printing/wilderness-hypnotist-eve.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
3. [Wanderwine Distracter](/printing/wanderwine-distracter-ecl.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Stonybrook Angler](/printing/stonybrook-angler-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
5. [Deepwater Hypnotist](/printing/deepwater-hypnotist-bng.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Merfolk Trickster](/printing/merfolk-trickster-plst.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #171
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Cyril Van Der Haegen
- **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`