Earthbrawn
Instant
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Reinforce 1—
(, Discard this card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #27782
Earthbrawn pumps a creature +2/+2 and gives it trample until end of turn — instant speed, one green mana, and it replaces itself with the wither rider. It's a combat trick that trades up on mana and leaves no card disadvantage, which is the bar any pump spell needs to clear.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Earthbrawn is narrow — one-shot pump rarely pulls weight at a table where threats are bigger and boardstates reset constantly. Pauper is where it has the most legitimate claim, since common-only creature decks want cheap, card-neutral tricks that can win combat profitably. In Legacy and Vintage it's too small to matter; those formats end games before +2/+2 swings a race. Earthbrawn is at its ceiling in any 60-card aggressive format where it's legal and creature combat is the primary axis.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Earthbrawn is deep bulk — you're paying a dime for a functional common with no scarcity driving it up. That price holds; there's no pressure pushing it higher, and picking up a playset costs less than a pack of sleeves.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.