Brutalizer Exarch
Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
• Put target noncreature permanent on the bottom of its owner's library.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Planechase 2012
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #14018
Brutalizer Exarch enters and either buries a noncreature permanent on top of an opponent's library or tutors a creature to the top of yours — real, immediate board impact for six mana. The cost is real, but the effect is permanent and unconditional, and Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire decks treat it as a two-for-one engine piece rather than a top-of-curve luxury.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire attacks and forces opponents to sacrifice permanents, replacing them with whatever's on top of their library — so Brutalizer Exarch's ability to lock a noncreature permanent on top of an opponent's deck turns the next Vaevictis trigger into a guaranteed land-for-nothing swap.
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 |
Brutalizer Exarch is a Commander card through and through — six mana is a reasonable curve-topper in a format where games go long and a tutor stapled to a 3/3 body is worth the slot. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's unplayable on rate; nothing at six mana with no immediate protection survives in those formats, and cheaper tutors dominate. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's slower texture that the card is at least conceivable, but the lower starting life total punishes do-nothing six-drops unless the tutor line wins immediately.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Brutalizer Exarch is deep bulk — a pickup that costs less than a sleeve. That price reflects low casual demand rather than power level, and there's no reason to expect it to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.