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Grusilda, Monster Masher
Legendary Creature — Zombie Villain
Combined, enchanted, and equipped creatures you control have menace. {3}{B}{R}, {T}: Put two target creature cards from graveyards onto the battlefield combined into one creature under your control. (Its power is equal to their total power, its toughness is equal to their total toughness, and it has their names, mana costs, types, text boxes, etc.)
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“Combine graveyard creatures into menacing Frankenstein threats.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Reanimator, Graveyard, Sacrifice, Tokens
Strategy
Grusilda is all about pulling creatures from the graveyard and mashing them together into grotesque, oversized threats. Your game plan revolves around filling your graveyard with creatures early—through discard outlets, self-mill, or just natural graveyard filling—then using Grusilda's activated ability to combine two creatures into a single powerhouse that's way more than the sum of its parts. The menace ability ensures your combined creatures punch through even when blocked, and the sheer value of combining utility creatures (like a creature with card draw and one with evasion) into a single threat is hard to stop.
You're looking to win through commander damage or sheer combat pressure once you've assembled your "Frankenstein's monster." The deck thrives on creatures with strong ETB effects, abilities that don't require taps, and anything that mills or discards to set up your graveyard. Think of it as a midrange deck that can generate explosive turns—you might reanimate a small creature, then next turn combine it with something better, then the turn after that add a third creature to the mix. It's grindy, it's synergistic, and it rewards smart sequencing.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive tutors like Vampiric Tutor; use budget staples like Entomb, Buried Alive, and Faithless Looting to fill your graveyard cheaply.
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