, Sacrifice another creature: Target player loses 1 life. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, amass Orcs 2.
Gríma is a mono-black aristocrats engine: turn extra creatures into a steady drain while keeping opponents off any lifegain. Flood the board with cheap, expendable bodies and tokens, then loop sacrifices to ping life totals down and pump your Orc Army with legendary fodder. You grind the table out incrementally before closing with a big drain or a wide Army swing.
Shuts down all opponent lifegain, neutralizing lifegain combos, fogs-via-life, and Aristocrats mirrors
Cheap 3-mana commander that immediately provides repeatable value
Mono-black gives access to the best tutors, ramp, and recursion in the format
Turns dying creatures and tokens into guaranteed incremental damage and an evasive Army
Tap ability only sacrifices one creature per turn, so raw drain is slow without doublers
Heavily reliant on the commander; repeated removal/tax can stall the engine
Mono-black struggles with enchantment and artifact removal
Vulnerable to graveyard hate that disrupts recursion-based fodder loops