Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie

Grub is a transforming goblin that rewards you for playing into sacrifice and aggression. The front side gets better as you sacrifice creatures and gain life, while the back side turns into a evasive threat with menace that punishes your opponents for letting you stick around. Your game plan revolves around building a goblin-heavy sacrifice deck where you're constantly feeding creatures into outlets—both for value and to flip Grub into her more aggressive form.

Once Grub transforms, you've got a repeatable engine that generates goblins while pressuring the table. She wants to be paired with aristocrat payoffs like Viscera Seer or Zulaport Cutthroat, feeding into a grindy midrange strategy where every sacrifice is a resource. You're aiming to either win through combat damage with a wide board of small goblins, or lean into the drain strategy by making tokens and saccing them repeatedly. The deck feels natural at mid-power tables—you're not going off on turn two, but you're generating advantage every turn once you get rolling.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.