Ballroom Brawlers
Creature — Human Warrior
Whenever this creature attacks, this creature and up to one other target creature you control both gain your choice of first strike or lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23672
Ballroom Brawlers enters as a 3/3 and immediately hands +1/+1 and lifelink to a partner creature until end of turn, then repeats that buff on your next turn — two rounds of combat uplift on a single cast. Five mana for a 3/3 with a delayed second trigger is too slow for competitive tables, but in casual partner or lifegain builds it pulls consistent work.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ballroom Brawlers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's realistically a Commander card. The five-mana cost and combat-focused triggers don't clear the bar in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the format's threat density and speed make a 3/3 with conditional lifelink a non-starter. In Commander, the card finds its home in token-wide or lifegain decks that can distribute the buff meaningfully and have enough creatures to make the partner trigger matter every combat.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Ballroom Brawlers is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no pressure holding that floor up, so don't expect it to move unless a Commander precon or popular deck drives sudden demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.