Enslaved Horror
Creature — Horror
When this creature enters, each other player may return a creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #18211
Enslaved Horror lands as a 4/4 trampler that forces each opponent to sacrifice a creature on entry — three-for-one board pressure at sorcery speed for four mana. The Beamtown Bullies cheats it into play from an opponent's graveyard and skips the mana cost entirely, making the already-strong ETB free.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Beamtown Bullies
The Beamtown Bullies exists to rip threatening creatures from opponents' graveyards and slam them sideways at other players — Enslaved Horror is one of the best targets in the format because the forced sacrifice triggers the moment it enters, blowing up a creature before anyone can respond.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Enslaved Horror does real work — three opponents means three forced sacrifices off one ETB, and The Beamtown Bullies makes that happen for free on attack. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but competes with far more powerful four-drops and offers no particularly broken interaction with those formats' engines, so it sees essentially no play there. Outside of The Bullies shell, Enslaved Horror is a fringe inclusion even in Commander, but in that one deck it earns its slot consistently.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Enslaved Horror sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a one-of without any budget consideration. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely appreciate, so buy it for the deck, not the binder.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.