Brindle Shoat
Creature — Boar
When this creature dies, create a 3/3 green Boar creature token.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Vintage Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21170
Brindle Shoat is a combo enabler first and a creature second — the death trigger that produces a 3/3 is the whole point, not the 1/1 body you start with. Pair it with Nim Deathmantle and a free sacrifice outlet and you have an infinite loop that most tables won't see coming from a two-mana common.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Brindle Shoat sees essentially zero play in Legacy or Vintage despite being legal in both — the combo lines it enables are slower and more fragile than what those formats offer. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where it's technically viable, though sacrifice synergies there tend to prefer cheaper, more redundant pieces. Commander is where Brindle Shoat actually earns a slot, specifically in sacrifice and token-doubling shells that can exploit the death trigger repeatedly. Outside a dedicated combo shell, it's too slow and too small to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card



Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarBrindle Shoat
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Colfenor, the Last YewPhyrexian AltarBrindle Shoat
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Brindle Shoat at the moment, but as a low-profile common it almost certainly sits under $1 across all printings. Pick it up in a bulk bin rather than paying singles prices — it's not a card worth hunting.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nim Deathmantle
- Ashnod's Altar
- Colfenor, the Last Yew
- Phyrexian Altar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.