Gleancrawler

Creature — Insect Horror

({BG} can be paid with either {B} or {G}.)

Trample

At the beginning of your end step, return to your hand all creature cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

Combos

• Doomgape + Gleancrawler

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (39)

Wabbajacke on You Gon' Need Some Pesticide for This!

2 years ago

If you want to stick with the +1/+1 counter theme a little bit more, maybe one of those too? Scute Mob Mortician Beetle

Devouring Swarm as a sac outlet in combination with Gleancrawler ? So you can sac Bond Beetle and Duskshell Crawler and bring them back for more +1/+1 counters. And you could use Grist, the Hunger Tide last ability to deal even more damage.

Then Iridescent Hornbeetle would also fit better in my opinion.

And Scute Swarm for a never ending swarm of Insects?

Swarm Shambler Is not an Insect but i think it still fits the theme somehow. But it will stop your mill from Grist, the Hunger Tide so it´s maybe not that good.

Swarmyard ?

Snowmen1 on Undying Retribution

3 years ago

Hey, thanks for the comment.

Unfortunately these options are either too expencive (Gleancrawler), too inefficient (Plagued Rusalka costing 1 black mana to sacrifice something), or too conditional (Tragic Slip). The lost is pretty tight, and in my opinion what this deck could use the most is additional cards that function like Carrion Feeder by being a free sac outlet that gets +1/+1 counters, or another good undying creature at converted mana cost 2 or less.

Just as a note, I will not be using tappedout anymore. If you want to see more on the deck, check out my subreddit, r/UndyingRetributionMTG, where I will be more active and putting out new information on the deck.

osiczym on Undying Retribution

3 years ago

Really great idea! I would definitely recommend Plagued Rusalka as a great Sac Outlet. Or Demonlord of Ashmouth as both Sac Outlet and Undying creat

Maybe you will like Gleancrawler too or Quest for the Gravelord which will release the token quick

Vash13 on Meren's Creature Army. Only Creatures and Lands!

3 years ago

Haha ya that deck is a grave/stax combo deck it's for when I'm having a bad day and need an easy win lol, ok so some less Hitlery golgari friendly cards that would be fun here, Deathreap Ritual, easy free extra draw wether your involved in the death or not, Gleancrawler this card is fun if you know you opponent is packing some grave hate you can recurge but keep clear, with my Necropotence I like to run Venser's Journal cause having a 20 card hand is hilarious you can do the evil genius thing and go "pass turn, MUWAHAHAHA!" Then do nothing just to freak them out cause you have the life, and Doomgape used to be one of my golgari standbys 3 golgari mana and 4 colorless for a 10/10 with trample is good enough for a slot but then it's a free sac outlet with life gain I've always felt this card was underrated. Hope that's a little more casual fun, I've been brewing a cedh stax deck recently, I need reminding of casual play sometimes lol.

king-saproling on Jarad, King Spicy Boi

4 years ago

Looks good! You might like these: Illusionist's Bracers, Animate Dead, Death's Presence, Gutter Grime, Skullclamp, Kaya's Ghostform, Journey to Eternity  ^Flip, Black Market, Pitiless Plunderer, Morality Shift, Phyrexian Reclamation, Mortivore, Nighthowler, Splinterfright, Gleancrawler, Sakura-Tribe Elder

king-saproling on $10 Sek'kuar

4 years ago

Wow this is great considering the budget. There are so many decent cards here I've never seen before. I'm thinking these are some good alternates that wouldn't push the budget too bad if one wanted to invest a little more in the deck: Pitiless Plunderer , Fell Shepherd , Warstorm Surge , Zulaport Cutthroat , Gleancrawler , Moldervine Reclamation , Ogre Battledriver , Second Harvest , Caustic Caterpillar , Elemental Bond , Wild-Field Scarecrow , Qarsi High Priest , Ghastly Conscription , Death's Presence , Thermopod

goldlion on Kresh's Big Monster House Party EDH

5 years ago

Depending on your play group, I'd say that for the 1 cmc more, Zendikar Resurgent's card draw for playing creatures, especially in a deck with 34, is incredible value. You get twice as much mana AND your creatures are replacing themselves with new spells to play.

For Meren of Clan Nel Toth, I personally would cut Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger... But that's because I think he's a bit of an ass hole hahaha. As a more obvious value exchange, I'd say Gleancrawler as Meren gives you a free creature returned to the battlefield (cheating for big ETBs and expensive creatures) every turn and is 4 cheaper. Maybe Ingot Chewer, however Meren makes cards like that good - so I'd stick by trying a trade with Gleancrawler.

I hear you with the Dictate vs. Grave Pact, especially if that's what your meta calls for. I don't always have a quick free sac outlet out, but if I know I can play one the next turn "keeping that mana up" isn't really "keeping it up", it's just as if you played it your turn but nobody knows about it - better yet, they will stay away from you that cycle cause they think you have some 5cmc response up your sleeve, then you play it right before your next turn to feed Kresh for an attack they didn't see coming. And as per a comparison to Urborg Justice, I think they would only be similar in 1vs.1 games, except Dictate of Erebos sticks around, a repeatable Justice for 3cmc more... that hits all your opponents, which might make or break a game for someone as hungry as Kresh. However, Urborg Justice is still a fantastic card, that I forgot about, so thanks for the reminder :). I have a token based Kresh I'm building which that'll be going in.

I do feel Dictate of Erebos, in this context, is better than Shattergang Brothers due to the free effect that also discourages people from removing your creatures, even when you don't have mana up. I think the brothers are better in a deck that doesn't have the high mana curve you mentioned, and that also makes token artifacts and creatures so you have enough to sac where your opponents can't pick and choose so easily when you can only afford triggering it 2x and they have 5 or more options to sac. But that's just my opinion based on my meta.

Mythos242 on Muldrotha's Madhouse ⫷Primer⫸

5 years ago

Sorry for double post but i just saw that you are missing some key cards (imo): Journey to Eternity  ^Flip - not only an additional form of protection for your CMD but also another way of recursion if your commander gets shut down

Sylvan Safekeeper - protection is everything cause you want to be able to have your cmd on the board for as long as possible.

Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar - with all your cycling lands and ramp you will get a hughe Multani that swings for a lot, with trample AND reach. A great finisher !

If you run into a lot of graveyard hate here are also some suggestions that might help you a bit: Gleancrawler - all creatures you sac during your turn will just get back to your hand so you dont need to rely on Muldrotha alone. Golgari Findbroker Eternal Witness but just for permanents... but w8... we mostly play permanents!! Psychic Spiral - If someone wants to exile your yard just shuffle it into your library and punish him straight away!!