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Chained Brute

Creature — Devil

This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
{1}, Sacrifice another creature: Untap this creature. Activate only during your turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Jumpstart
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#20470
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Chained Brute card art
Chained Brute is a 4/3 for one red mana — the stat line is absurd, and the downside is nearly neutralized the moment you pair it with Elemental Mastery or slot it into a Zurzoth, Chaos Rider deck that wants untap triggers anyway. Outside of those setups, the "doesn't untap unless you sacrifice a creature" clause is a real cost that limits its role to decks explicitly built to ignore it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Zurzoth, Chaos Rider

Zurzoth, Chaos Rider

19.1% of decks · synergy 0.19

Zurzoth, Chaos Rider generates Devil tokens on every opponent's draw, giving you a steady stream of sacrifice fodder to pay the untap cost — Chained Brute goes from a clunky beater to a free-swinging 4/3 that fits the engine perfectly.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Chained Brute is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's effectively a Commander card — the untap restriction is too parasitic for Legacy and Vintage, where a one-mana 4/3 would need to be unconditional to compete. In Commander, the multiplayer environment means sacrifice outlets, token generators, and untap synergies are everywhere, which transforms the downside from a liability into a deckbuilding prompt. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it plausibly slots in, again only in a deck built to feed it creatures.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Chained Brute is pure bulk — you're paying draft-chaff prices for a card with a real niche. The price is stable at the floor and unlikely to move unless a high-profile sacrifice or untap commander pushes demand.

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