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Legendary Creature — Horror Spellshaper
{X}{B}, {T}, Discard two cards: Target player discards X cards at random.
“Discard outlet that grinds opponents to zero resources and cards.”
Greel, Mind Raker is a discard outlet commander that punishes opponents while filling your graveyard for value. Your core gameplan is to turn Greel's repeatable discard ability into a reliable win condition by combining it with cards that benefit from opponent discard (like Necrogen Mists or Oppression) and payoffs that reward your own discard. You'll play a mix of symmetrical discard effects, tutors, and threats that scale with X spells, slowly grinding opponents out of resources while you protect your own hand.
The deck wins through a combination of resource denial and creature damage. Greel acts as a repeatable spell that gets better with mana, so ramping into bigger X values becomes your main progression path. Include creatures that punish discard (like Waste Not or Tinybones, Trinket Thief), ways to recur threats from your graveyard, and efficient removal to protect your game plan. Your secondary win condition is simply beating down with a growing board once opponents are hellbent.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Skip expensive tutors like Demonic Tutor; use budget alternatives like Diabolic Tutor or Grim Tutor. Swap Imperial Seal for Cruel Tutor. Basic discard creatures like Dark Deal are cheap and effective.
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