Blood-Chin Rager
Creature — Human Warrior
Whenever this creature attacks, Warrior creatures you control gain menace until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #12817
Blood-Chin Rager forces every Warrior you control to become unblockable the moment it attacks — a punishing on-board effect that demands an answer before combat. The cost is real: it only works in a dedicated Warrior tribal shell, and outside one it's a vanilla 2/2 for two.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree helms the premier Warrior tribal deck in Commander, and Blood-Chin Rager's unblockable clause turns every Warrior swinging into a guaranteed damage source — exactly the consistent pressure a go-wide Warrior attack needs to close games.
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 |
Blood-Chin Rager is a tribal payoff card, which means its ceiling in Constructed formats is entirely dictated by whether a competitive Warrior package exists. In Modern and Pioneer, Warrior tribal has never been a tier strategy, so Blood-Chin Rager sits firmly on the shelf. Commander is where it actually belongs: Warrior synergies are dense enough there, and the unblockable grant scales aggressively with a wide board in a way that one-on-one formats can't replicate. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — no powered shell wants a two-mana 2/2 with a tribal condition.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Blood-Chin Rager is deep bulk — the price of a card with narrow tribal demand and no crossover appeal. It holds that floor in Warrior tribal Commander lists but isn't moving anywhere without a high-profile Warrior commander pushing inclusion rates up.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.