Brotherhood Ambushers
Creature — Human Assassin
Freerunning 
(You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #14738
Brotherhood Ambushers enters as a 2/3 with the potential to grow into a 5/6 with trample and haste — real stats for four mana — but that ceiling only unlocks if you control Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and have assassination counters to spend. Without Altaïr on the battlefield, you're paying four mana for a vanilla 2/3, which is unplayable outside of highly themed builds.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's assassination-counter engine is exactly what Brotherhood Ambushers needs to become a 5/6 trampler with haste, making it a natural inclusion in any Altaïr deck looking to convert counters into closing power.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Brotherhood Ambushers is a Commander card in every meaningful sense — it's built around a specific legendary creature and has no competitive application elsewhere. In Legacy, Modern, or Vintage, a conditional 2/3 for four mana doesn't register; those formats have zero interest in Assassins Creed synergy payoffs. Commander is the only home, and even there Brotherhood Ambushers belongs strictly in Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad decks — it's a role-player, not a generalist.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Brotherhood Ambushers is deep bulk, and that price reflects its narrow playability — it's only useful in one Commander deck. Don't expect movement; cards this parasitic to a single commander tend to stay at the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.