Bloodrage Brawler
Creature — Minotaur Warrior
When this creature enters, discard a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #18552
Bloodrage Brawler lands as a 4/3 for two mana — one of the best stats-per-cost ratios in red — and the discard cost is a feature in any deck that wants cards in the graveyard or triggers on discard. Outside of those shells, that cost is a real tax; in Sethron, Hurloon General it's irrelevant because you're flooding the board with Minotaurs and card advantage follows.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sethron, Hurloon General
Sethron, Hurloon General triggers off every nontoken Minotaur entering the battlefield, and Bloodrage Brawler is one of the cheapest ways to trigger that engine while dumping a 4/3 attacker on turn two — the discard rarely matters when Sethron is drawing you replacement cards off the back of it.
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 |
Bloodrage Brawler is legal across Constructed formats but sees virtually no competitive play outside Commander — a 4/3 for two with a discard rider doesn't cut it in Modern or Legacy, where the bar for two-drops is either free interaction or immediate card advantage. In Pioneer the same logic applies; aggro decks want their two-drops to threaten on their own without card disadvantage. Commander is where Bloodrage Brawler earns its slot: the discard synergizes with reanimator and madness strategies, and the raw body is large enough to matter in the early turns of a multiplayer game. Minotaur tribal builds anchored by Sethron, Hurloon General are its most natural home, but any red deck that wants to pitch specific cards to the graveyard should consider it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Bloodrage Brawler is deep bulk — a true throw-in at any card store or ship-filler in an online order. Bulk rares at this price point don't tend to recover unless a new tribal commander or discard-matters mechanic pushes demand, so pick it up for pennies and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.