Gran-Gran

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Gran-Gran is a 1cmc legendary 1/2 that loots whenever it becomes tapped, and reduces noncreature spell costs by {1} once three or more Lesson cards are in the graveyard. The looting trigger fires from any tap source (combat, tap abilities), making it a repeatable filtering engine, but the cost-reduction payoff demands a dedicated Lesson package in the graveyard — a narrow build constraint that limits it to niche spellslinger or self-mill shells running Lessons. Fringe across formats due to the deck-construction dependency.

• Gran-Gran's loot trigger fires from ANY tap source, not just combat — pairing it with tap-focused cards (Springleaf Drum, Opposition, crew costs) lets you loot repeatedly without attacking.

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• The {1} cost reduction requires 3+ Lesson cards in the graveyard, which means the deck must actively mill or discard Lessons — Lessons cannot be cast from the graveyard via Learn, so deliberately discarding them via Gran-Gran's own loot is a synergistic self-enabler.

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• Because Lessons are a specialty card type from Strixhaven rarely included in Commander precons, this card's cost-reducer clause is effectively dead in most casual metas unless the pilot deliberately builds around it.

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• EDHREC rank: #7,189