Barbarian Bully
Creature — Human Barbarian
Discard a card at random: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn unless a player has this creature deal 4 damage to them. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Judgment
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #28316
Barbarian Bully forces an opponent to block it with two or more creatures if able — a 2/2 for three mana that can trade up or gum up combat math on demand. The rate is poor enough that this rarely makes competitive lists, but the forced-block effect is genuinely unique.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Barbarian Bully is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Pauper, where efficient commons matter most, a 2/2 for three with a situational combat trigger doesn't clear the bar. In Commander, the effect is too small and too narrow — forced-block abilities need to end games or generate real card advantage to earn a slot at a 100-card table, and Barbarian Bully does neither.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Barbarian Bully is deep bulk — the kind of card you find at the bottom of a common box. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.