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Grothama, All-Devouring

Grothama, All-Devouring

Legendary Creature — Wurm · {3}{G}{G} · Green commander

Other creatures have "Whenever this creature attacks, you may have it fight Grothama, All-Devouring." When Grothama leaves the battlefield, each player draws cards equal to the amount of damage dealt to Grothama this turn by sources they controlled.
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What Grothama, All-Devouring actually does

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What a Grothama, All-Devouring deck wants

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Best cards for Grothama, All-Devouring

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch

  1. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  2. Secret Tunnel0 mana
  3. Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
  4. Herd Heirloom2 mana
  5. Overprotect2 mana
  6. Ram Through2 mana
  7. Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma4 mana
  8. Ezuri, Renegade Leader3 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Ulvenwald Tracker1 mana
  2. Voracious Hydra2 mana
  3. Ayula, Queen Among Bears2 mana
  4. Kraul Harpooner2 mana
  5. Cherished Hatchling2 mana
  6. Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison4 mana
  7. Atzocan Archer3 mana
  8. Apex Altisaur9 mana

Punishes the opponents' own actions — casting, drawing, searching, attacking cost them

  1. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  2. Scrawling Crawler3 mana
  3. Rug of Smothering3 mana
  4. Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger8 mana
  5. Void Mirror2 mana
  6. Isolation Cell4 mana
  7. March of the World Ooze6 mana
  8. Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable4 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Hornet Nest3 mana
  2. Esika's Chariot4 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Broodhatch Nantuko2 mana
  6. Tervigon2 mana
  7. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  8. Scepter of Celebration3 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Beast Within3 mana
  2. Nature's Claim1 mana
  3. Emerald Charm1 mana
  4. Shrink1 mana
  5. Naturalize2 mana
  6. Origin of Metalbending2 mana
  7. Natural State1 mana
  8. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Simplify1 mana
  2. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  3. Coercive Portal4 mana
  4. Needle Storm3 mana
  5. Whirlwind4 mana
  6. Hurricane1 mana
  7. Worldslayer5 mana
  8. Corrosive Gale1 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  6. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  7. Chord of Calling3 mana
  8. Eldritch Evolution3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  3. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  4. The One Ring4 mana
  5. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  6. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  7. Elemental Bond3 mana
  8. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  2. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  3. Cryptothrall4 mana
  4. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  5. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  6. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  7. Asceticism5 mana
  8. Eldrazi Monument5 mana

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