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Grizzled Angler
mtgCard

Card Name

Grizzled Angler

Mana Cost

2

Type

Creature – Human

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

: Mill two cards. Then if there is a colorless creature card in your graveyard, transform this creature. (To mill two cards, put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Flavor Text

"There's no question that these waters are treacherous, but if there's one thing I've learned in all my years of sailing . . ."

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(1/24/2025)
If you have a colorless creature card in your graveyard while you control Grizzled Angler, it won’t transform yet. It only transforms while its activated ability is resolving.
(1/24/2025)
If a creature affected by Grisly Anglerfish’s effect hasn’t been under its controller’s control since the turn began, is tapped, or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can’t attack, then it doesn’t attack. If there’s a cost associated with having that creature attack, its controller isn’t forced to pay that cost, so it doesn’t have to attack in that case either.
(1/24/2025)
Each creature’s controller still chooses the player, planeswalker, or battle it attacks. The creatures that have to attack don’t necessarily have to attack you if there are other options.