Brindle Shoat

Creature — Boar

When this creature dies, create a 3/3 green Boar creature token.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Vintage Masters
Price
EDHREC rank
#21170
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Brindle Shoat card art
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

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

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

Price Context

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