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Brimstone Trebuchet

Artifact Creature — Wall

Defender, reach
{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Whenever a Knight you control enters, untap this creature.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Throne of Eldraine
Price
$0.09
EDHREC rank
#14696
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Brimstone Trebuchet card art
Brimstone Trebuchet pings for 1 each turn and taps to deal 1 when a Knight attacks — underwhelming in isolation, but Elemental Mastery or Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might can turn those drips into a killshot. The cost is running a three-mana do-little that requires setup to matter.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might

10.2% of decks · synergy 0.10

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might replaces every non-combat source of 1 damage with 4, so each Brimstone Trebuchet trigger — the upkeep ping and the attack tap — suddenly hits for 4 instead, turning a cute artifact into a legitimate attrition piece that threatens players and planeswalkers alike.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Brimstone Trebuchet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — broad access, but that breadth reflects its low power ceiling rather than cross-format demand. In Commander it earns a slot only in dedicated damage-amplifier builds, specifically Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might, where the upkeep trigger scales to lethal range. In Pauper it's a common, but the format's aggressive and control staples leave no room for a three-mana artifact that produces 1 damage per phase without a pump effect attached. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer can all legally run it; none of them would.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.09 bulk tier

At $0.09, Brimstone Trebuchet is deep bulk — buy a playset out of a common box and expect no price movement in either direction. It holds exactly this much value because its demand is narrow and its supply is essentially infinite.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.