Grist, the Hunger Tide

Grist, the Hunger Tide Duel Commander decklist played by EvanColly at CDF 2026 : CHILL 1 (3 Jul 2026).

Player: EvanColly
Finish: #62 of 124, 3-4
Event: CDF 2026 : CHILL 1, 3 Jul 2026
Archetype: Grist, the Hunger Tide
Format: Duel Commander
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Commander

Main deck (100)

Creatures (37)

Instants (9)

Sorceries (12)

Artifacts (1)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (34)

Commander

1 Grist, the Hunger Tide

Main deck (100)

Creatures (37)

Instants (9)

Sorceries (12)

Artifacts (1)

1 Skullclamp

Enchantments (6)

Lands (34)

1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Command Tower
1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
1 Deathcap Glade
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Dust Bowl
4 Forest
1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Pendelhaven
1 Phyrexian Tower
1 Polluted Delta
1 Prismatic Vista
1 Shifting Woodland
2 Swamp
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
1 Talon Gates of Madara
1 Underground Mortuary
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Urza's Saga
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wastewood Verge
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Compared with the average Grist, the Hunger Tide list

This list is the standard version of the archetype.

Most unusual list in this period: THOMAS LE GOFF in CDF 2026 : CHILL 1 (2 cards away from the average)

Deck stats

Mana curve

2.03 average mana value · 2.36 printed

Cards by mana value
Mana value	Creatures	Other spells
0	2	1
1	11	10
2	14	10
3	5	6
4	3	1
5	1	1
6	1	0
7+	0	0

Printed cost With discounts

Pick the game state, or start from an optimistic guess for a turn.

Guess by turn On the draw

Cards in your graveyard Creatures you control Honest Rutstein in play Use alternative costs

Cheaper: Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis 7→2, Flare of Malice 4→0 (alternative cost), Grief 4→0 (evoked), Metamorphosis Fanatic 6→2 (miracle), Endurance 3→0 (evoked), Lethal Scheme 4→2

Lands

34 34.0% of the deck

2 to 4 lands in the opening hand: 71.5%
A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play: 64.8%
Same, on the draw: 72.9%

More draw odds for this deck

Colors: costs and sources

0 symbols (0.0%) 6 sources (7.7%)
0 symbols (0.0%) 6 sources (7.7%)
53 symbols (54.6%) 28 sources (35.9%)
0 symbols (0.0%) 6 sources (7.7%)
44 symbols (45.4%) 32 sources (41.0%)

Card types

Creatures 37 (37.0%)
Planeswalkers 1 (1.0%)
Instants 9 (9.0%)
Sorceries 12 (12.0%)
Artifacts 1 (1.0%)
Enchantments 6 (6.0%)
Lands 34 (34.0%)

Interaction

Removal 14
14 cards
Grist, the Hunger Tide, Abrupt Decay, Accursed Marauder, Boseiju, Who Endures, Dismember, Dust Bowl, Fatal Push, Fell the Profane // Fell Mire, Flare of Malice, Haywire Mite, Lethal Scheme, Living Death, Long Goodbye, Orcish Bowmasters
Counterspells 0
Hand disruption 5
5 cards
Duress, Grief, Inquisition of Kozilek, Thoughtseize, Tourach, Dread Cantor
Board wipes 1
1 card
Living Death

Themes

Ramp 17
17 cards
Arbor Elf, Birds of Paradise, Boreal Druid, Deathrite Shaman, Delighted Halfling, Elves of Deep Shadow, Elvish Mystic, Fyndhorn Elves, Gilded Goose, Icetill Explorer, Insidious Roots, Llanowar Elves, Malevolent Rumble, Old Rutstein, Utopia Sprawl, Wight of the Reliquary, Wild Growth
Recursion 15
15 cards
Animate Dead, Bloodghast, Chthonian Nightmare, Emperor of Bones, Endurance, Eternal Witness, Green Sun's Zenith, Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis, Honest Rutstein, Icetill Explorer, Living Death, Metamorphosis Fanatic, Overlord of the Balemurk, Unearth, Vengevine
Tutors 12
12 cards
Buried Alive, Chord of Calling, Demonic Counsel, Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Intent, Eldritch Evolution, Fauna Shaman, Fiend Artisan, Green Sun's Zenith, Troll of Khazad-dûm, Wight of the Reliquary, Worldly Tutor
Creature removal 11
11 cards
Grist, the Hunger Tide, Abrupt Decay, Accursed Marauder, Dismember, Fatal Push, Fell the Profane // Fell Mire, Flare of Malice, Lethal Scheme, Living Death, Long Goodbye, Orcish Bowmasters
Mana dorks 10
10 cards
Arbor Elf, Birds of Paradise, Boreal Druid, Deathrite Shaman, Delighted Halfling, Elves of Deep Shadow, Elvish Mystic, Fyndhorn Elves, Gilded Goose, Llanowar Elves
Reanimation 10
10 cards
Animate Dead, Bloodghast, Chthonian Nightmare, Emperor of Bones, Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis, Icetill Explorer, Living Death, Metamorphosis Fanatic, Unearth, Vengevine
Sacrifice outlets 10
10 cards
Grist, the Hunger Tide, Accursed Marauder, Chthonian Nightmare, Contamination, Diabolic Intent, Eldritch Evolution, Fiend Artisan, Flare of Malice, Gilded Goose, Wight of the Reliquary
Creature tutors 8
8 cards
Buried Alive, Chord of Calling, Demonic Counsel, Eldritch Evolution, Fauna Shaman, Fiend Artisan, Green Sun's Zenith, Worldly Tutor