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Chart shows the price of Alolan Grimer #83 at the end of each month going back as long as we have tracked the item.
Some example decklists I'm using as a basis: Reid Duke's winning Griselbrand list from a June 2012 SGC Open Josh Weinundy's winning list from an October 2011 SGC Open Christopher Walton's top-8 list from the same even A decklist from the Mental Misstep era Andreas Mller's GP-winning list from 2010, predating New Phyrexia Owen Turtenwald's 10-th place list at GP Atlanta, with discussion Robert Cucunato's 1st-place list from an October 2013 SGC Open
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS Uncommon bird creature with flying, stats 1/3
You can even get some bonus synergy from cards like Blind Obedience and Court Street Denizen by tapping down enemy creatures before they ever have a chance to attack you at all
I played these 25 cards the most and built so many decks around them or at least dreamed how they might function in the future as Magic evolved
