Bull-Rush Bruiser
Creature — Minotaur Warrior
Whenever this creature attacks, if your team controls another Warrior, this creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #25145
Bull-Rush Bruiser hits the board as a 4/4 trampler for four mana — above the curve on stats alone — and its ward or triggered ability makes it sticky enough to matter in combat. Straightforward rate card; you run it when your deck wants efficient ground presence, not when it needs a combo piece.
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 |
Bull-Rush Bruiser is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it fills a role in aggressive creature-based decks that need reliable bodies without complex setup. Pauper is where it has the most competitive relevance, since the format rewards raw stats and trample at common is genuinely scarce. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the power ceiling there makes a four-mana 4/4 irrelevant regardless of upsides.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Bull-Rush Bruiser is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking about it. No price appreciation expected; it holds value only as a functional common, not as a chase card.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.