Embalmed Brawler
Creature — Zombie
Amplify 1 (As this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each Zombie card you reveal in your hand.)
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, you lose 1 life for each +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #29702
Embalmed Brawler enters as a 4/3 for four mana — acceptable stats — but the real hook is that it hits harder the more colors of mana you spent on spells this turn, rewarding multicolor decks that were already doing their thing. It's a build-around payoff that costs nothing extra to enable if your deck is already running three or more colors.
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 |
Commander is where Embalmed Brawler belongs — four-color and five-color decks generate enough multicolor mana expenditure that its power bonus activates reliably and often. In Pauper it's legal and theoretically playable in domain or multicolor aggro shells, but the format's lower land quality makes consistent off-color mana harder to guarantee. Legacy and Vintage have it on the legal list, but no competitive shell there wants a four-mana creature whose ceiling is "large beater with no evasion."
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Embalmed Brawler is pure bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price is a floor, not a signal of hidden value; it reflects the card's narrow role and easy replaceability rather than overlooked potential.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.