Grist, the Hunger Tide anchors an Insect swarm deck that floods the board with 1/1 Insect tokens and Insect creatures, aiming for the high-power bracket 4 level. Grist's +1 makes a token every turn and mills, chaining extra loyalty and repeats whenever an Insect card is milled. That ties a dense Insect creature count to a stocked graveyard, and the −2 turns spare bodies into removal. The deck avoids expensive staples that would push the total cost past roughly 500 dollars. How it wins: It overwhelms opponents with a wide board of Insects pumped by anthems and tribal payoffs, and finishes with mass sacrifice drain or a large Grist −5 fueled by a graveyard full of creature cards. Key roles: - Insect density: A high count of Insect creature cards that matter on the battlefield and also make Grist's +1 chain more often when milled, building loyalty and extra tokens. - Token multiplication: Cards that create additional Insect or creature tokens, or double token creation, so Grist's +1 and other token makers flood the board much faster. - Swarm payoffs and anthems: Tribal lords and team-wide pumps that turn a field of 1/1 Insects into a lethal army, plus effects that grant evasion or trample for an alpha strike. - Sacrifice and aristocrats: Free sacrifice outlets and death triggers that drain opponents or draw cards whenever tokens die, pairing with Grist's −2 to convert chump bodies into removal and reach. - Graveyard value and recursion: Self-mill and recursion that feed creature cards into the graveyard for Grist's −5 and bring key Insects back, rewarding the cards Grist's +1 mills. - Protecting the walker: Cheap interaction and blockers that keep Grist alive to tick up each turn, since the steady token stream and the ultimate both depend on Grist staying on the battlefield.

Grist, the Hunger Tide decklist

• Hornet Queen
• Scute Swarm
• Aatchik, Emerald Radian
• Fumulus, the Infestation
• Hornet Nest
• Cauldron of Essence
• Bastion of Remembrance
• Dark Prophecy
• Moldervine Reclamation
• Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
• Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
• Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• Haywire Mite
• Duskshell Crawler
• Circuit Mender
• Horizon Explorer
• Giant Adephage
• Viscera Seer
• Carrion Feeder
• Ashnod's Altar
• Greater Good
• Eldrazi Monument
• Triumph of the Hordes
• Corpsejack Menace
• Primal Vigor