Brain Gorgers
Creature — Zombie
When you cast this spell, any player may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, counter Brain Gorgers.
Madness 
(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #18920
Brain Gorgers is a 4/2 creature for four mana — numbers that would never justify inclusion on their own — but the madness cost of one black drops it into discard-matters engines where it becomes a one-mana 4/2 with a minor tax on opponents. Outside those engines it's unplayable; inside them, it's a cheap body that pressures life totals and triggers madness payoffs at instant speed.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anje Falkenrath
Anje Falkenrath's tap ability requires discarding a card, and Brain Gorgers is a madness card — which means Anje can pitch it, untap, and cast it for one black, cycling through the deck while putting a 4/2 onto the battlefield as a free byproduct of the draw engine.
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 |
Brain Gorgers sees essentially zero play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern — one mana for a 4/2 is only impressive when your competition is vanilla creatures, and those formats run far more threatening one-drops. Pauper's creature bar is lower, but a 4/2 with no ETB, evasion, or immediate effect still doesn't clear it without a dedicated discard shell to reduce the cost. Commander is where Brain Gorgers actually earns a slot, and only in Anje Falkenrath or similar madness-tribal lists where the card is less a threat and more a free trigger stapled to an aggressive body.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Brain Gorgers is deep bulk — buy it without thinking if you're building Anje Falkenrath and need madness fodder. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb, so treat this as a cheap roleplayer with no expectation of value change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.