Grim Soul

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**Grim Soul** was a character card. It was a 5/1 with a Last Breath ability that triggers a Slay ability on one of your characters. It was cut in Early Access.

## Strategy

*Note: this character no longer exists in the game. This article was written when it did.*

**Grim Soul** has relatively weak stats on-curve, but its ability to trigger a Slay ability has a wide range of uses:

* The Chupacabra, Vain-Pire, and Lancelot can use **Grim Soul** to double (or triple if **Grim Soul** is upgraded) their scaling, allowing them to snowball and potentially help Shoulder Faeries snowball with them.
* Polywoggle can be allowed to transform despite it not having the Attack to Slay anything, and even potentially win the current brawl depending on what it transforms into.
* Jormungand can be built up with Slay triggers of either its or some other character's Slay ability, letting it reliably build up before it attacks.
* With Kitty Cutpurse, Ogre Princess, and/or Bounty Board, **Grim Soul** can be used for economy, though it's fairly rare that you can get away with this on level 4 without being weaker in a brawl.

**Grim Soul** should usually be placed in position 1, as it wants to die before the characters with Slay abilities that it wishes to empower. Usually, you will want there to be one character with a Slay ability for it to work on so that you are maximizing the Slay ability you care most about, though having two characters with Slay abilities can be an insurance policy against one of them dying first.

Baba Yaga, when placed behind Slay characters, will amplify **Grim Soul**'s advantage to them as well, making it an excellent companion.

**Grim Soul** is incredibly strong with Trophy Hunter, both because its Last Breath ability becomes a Slay ability, and because characters with Last Breath abilities become valid targets for **Grim Soul'**s ability. This allows it to combo with Tweedle Dee, Wretched Mummy, along with a myriad of other characters.

## Notes

* **Grim Soul'**s ability can be better said as: "Last Breath: Choose a random character with at least one Slay ability that isn't named **Grim Soul** or Southern Siren. Act as if that character just Slayed" (All of its Slay abilities will activate, and Baba Yaga's Support will work on each of them.)
* Upgraded **Grim Soul**'s ability will select one character with at least one Slay ability and act as if it Slayed twice. (It won't target two different characters with Slay abilities.)
* Grim Soul cannot target Southern Siren, as it's Slay ability wouldn't have any character to summon.
* **Grim Soul** cannot target other Grim Souls while playing Trophy Hunter, which would create an infinite loop between 3 **Grim Soul**s if it was possible.
* Be aware that **Grim Soul** can activate the Slay ability on a card boosted by Riverwish Mermaid, which may or not be beneficial to the player.
* Despite **Grim Soul**'s evil appearance, **Grim Soul** is a neutral character.
* **Grim Soul**'s ability isn't doubled if it's in front of a Baba Yaga. However, if **Grim Soul** targets a character with a Slay ability that is in front of a Baba Yaga, that character's Slay ability will be doubled.
	+ If you're playing Trophy Hunter, Baba Yaga will double the ability of **Grim Soul**, but only when **Grim Soul** Slays. All of this together means that, while playing Trophy Hunter, if you have a Grim Soul and another Slay character in front of a Baba Yaga, and the **Grim Soul** Slays, the other character's Slay ability will trigger 4 times. Utilizing treasures such as Evil Eye and enough upgraded characters, a **Grim Soul** that slays can trigger a truly absurd amount of Slay triggers, often enough to completely decide the winner of the brawl in a single attack.

 June 18, 2021 | Released in *Storybook Brawl's* Early Access launch.