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Gravelgill Axeshark Shadowmoor MTG card

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Gravelgill Axeshark

CREATURE — MERFOLK SOLDIER Common
Shadowmoor SHM #164 EDHREC #30,677
$0.17
+0.0% 7 days

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Gravelgill Axeshark Price Summary

Gravelgill Axeshark's current headline price is $0.17.

Gravelgill Axeshark Printings & Prices

1 printings

Gravelgill Axeshark has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

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Gravelgill Axeshark Rules Text & Legality

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Creature — Merfolk Soldier — mana cost {4}{U/B}

Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

""Their sharp scales would make good armor, if they'd just stay dead." —Taeryn, cinder armorkeep"

Gravelgill Axeshark is legal in Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper, and not legal in Standard and Pioneer.

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pioneer
Not legal

Gravelgill Axeshark Rulings

5 most recent
  • Jun 7, 2013 If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.
  • Jun 7, 2013 If a creature with persist that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner’s graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, persist won’t trigger and the card won’t return to the battlefield. That’s because persist checks the creature’s existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
  • Jun 7, 2013 If a permanent has multiple instances of persist, they’ll each trigger separately, but the redundant instances will have no effect. If one instance returns the card to the battlefield, the next to resolve will do nothing.
  • Jun 7, 2013 If a token with no -1/-1 counters on it has persist, the ability will trigger when the token is put into the graveyard. However, the token will cease to exist and can’t return to the battlefield.
  • Jun 7, 2013 If multiple creatures with persist are put into the graveyard at the same time (due to combat damage or a spell that destroys all creatures, for example), the active player (the player whose turn it is) puts all of their persist triggers on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last trigger put on the stack is the first one that resolves. That means that in a two-player game, the nonactive player’s persist creatures will return to the battlefield first, then the active player’s persist creatures do the same. The creatures return to the battlefield one at a time.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

2 printings

Gravelgill Axeshark has been reprinted 2 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
SHM #164 2008-05-02 Common Standard
SHM #164 2008-05-02 Common Standard

Gravelgill Axeshark in Commander

Gravelgill Axeshark is the #30,677 most-played card on EDHREC, down 440 places over the last 30 days.

Gravelgill Axeshark FAQ

How much is Gravelgill Axeshark worth?

Gravelgill Axeshark is worth about $0.17 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 23, 2026.

Is Gravelgill Axeshark legal in Commander?

Yes — Gravelgill Axeshark is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Modern, Legacy and Pauper.

Has Gravelgill Axeshark been reprinted?

Yes — Gravelgill Axeshark has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Gravelgill Axeshark cheap?

Gravelgill Axeshark trades at about $0.17 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#30,677 on EDHREC).