Grist, the Hunger Tide

As of Jul 23, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Grist, the Hunger Tide is $0.40 (DSC #220), and the most expensive is $18.12 (SLD #1417, Borderless, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.40, up 2.6% over 7 days, up 5.3% over 30 days, up 14.3% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $3.32 (2024).

Grist, the Hunger Tide has 8 tracked printings across 6 sets, in nonfoil, ripple foil and foil finishes, including borderless, showcase and prerelease treatments.

DSC #220

$0.40

CK $0.99 / $0.10 75%

PLST #MH2-202

$0.43 +7%

CK $0.99

M3C #264

$0.44 +10%

CK $0.99 / $0.15 66%

MH2 #202

$0.84 +110%

CK $1.29 / $0.26 69%

MH2 #368 Showcase

$1.51 +277%

CK $2.79 / $1.40 7%

M3C #264 Ripple Foil

$1.98 +395%

CK $2.99 / $0.90 55%

MH2 #368 Showcase Foil

$3.67 +817%

CK $4.49

MH2 #202 Foil

$6.36 +1490%

CK $5.99 / $3.00 53%

MH2 #306 Borderless

$6.43 +1507%

CK $7.99 / $3.20 50%

PMH2 #202s Prerelease Foil

$7.80 +1850%

CK $8.99 / $5.00 36%

MH2 #306 Borderless Foil

$14.72 +3580%

CK $27.99

SLD #1417 Borderless

$16.91 +4128%

CK $17.99 / $8.25 51%

SLD #1417 Borderless Foil

$18.12 +4430%

CK $21.99 / $14.00 23%

Card Kingdom currently pays $14.00 cash for SLD #1417 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 36% (normal).

• Jun 18, 2021 Anywhere but on the battlefield, Grist is a Legendary Planeswalker Creature — Grist Insect. Once it enters the battlefield, it is no longer a creature and is just a planeswalker. Anything that could search for or affect a creature or planeswalker card in zones other than the battlefield could affect Grist. For example, you could put it onto the battlefield with Chord of Calling, it could be countered by Essence Scatter (but not by Negate), and opponents couldn't make you discard it with Duress.
• Jun 18, 2021 Count the number of creature cards in your graveyard as the third loyalty ability resolves to determine how much life each opponent loses. If Grist is in your graveyard at this time, it'll be a creature card and will contribute to the count.
• Jun 18, 2021 Grist's second loyalty ability doesn't require a target. If you choose to sacrifice a creature as it resolves, the reflexive triggered ability triggers and you'll choose a target creature or planeswalker to destroy. This will happen even if Grist isn't on the battlefield when the loyalty ability resolves.
• Jun 18, 2021 Grist, the Hunger Tide can be your commander as its first ability works before the game begins during deck construction.
• Jun 18, 2021 If Grist is no longer on the battlefield as its first loyalty ability resolves, you will still create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token and mill a card. If an Insect card is milled this way, you won't be able to put a loyalty counter on Grist, but you will still repeat the process. More mill for the Grist, as it were.

Grist, the Hunger Tide has been reprinted 13 times. The Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander reprint cut the price 86% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
DSC #220	2024-09-27	Mythic	Standard	$2.68	$0.88	$0.37	$0.53
M3C #264	2024-06-14	Mythic	Standard	$3.32	$0.99	$1.38	$1.39
M3C #264	2024-06-14	Mythic	Standard	—	—	—	—
PLST #MH2-202	2022-04-29	Mythic	Standard	—	—	—	—
SLD #1417	2021-06-21	Mythic	Borderless	—	—	—	—
SLD #1417	2021-06-21	Mythic	Borderless	—	—	—	—
MH2 #368	2021-06-18	Mythic	Showcase	—	—	—	—
MH2 #368	2021-06-18	Mythic	Showcase	—	—	—	—
MH2 #202	2021-06-18	Mythic	Standard	—	—	—	—
MH2 #202	2021-06-18	Mythic	Standard	—	—	—	—
MH2 #306	2021-06-18	Mythic	Borderless	—	—	—	—
MH2 #306	2021-06-18	Mythic	Borderless	—	—	—	—

Showing the 12 most recent of 13 printings.

Grist, the Hunger Tide is the #1,898 most-played card on EDHREC, down 55 places over the last 30 days.