Bojuka Brigand
Creature — Human Warrior Ally
This creature can't block.
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #23635
Bojuka Brigand enters with a +1/+1 counter for each opponent who has a card in their graveyard — in a four-player Commander pod, that's a potential 4/4 for two mana on turn two. The catch is it can't block, so you're getting an aggressive beater, not a defensive wall.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bojuka Brigand is at its ceiling: three opponents means three near-guaranteed counters, often landing as a 3/3 or 4/4 by turn two once any fetch, cantrip, or discard has touched a graveyard. In Pauper it's a common-legal two-drop that rewards graveyard-heavy metas, though its power scales down sharply in one-on-one games where you're banking on a single opponent having filled their yard. Legacy and Vintage are too fast and too hostile to vanilla-statted creatures for Bojuka Brigand to matter. The card lives and dies in multiplayer formats — Commander is unambiguously where it belongs.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Bojuka Brigand is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any common box or as a throw-in. Bulk commons rarely move on price unless a new synergy card pushes them, so don't expect it to appreciate, but at this price you're never overpaying.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.