Ezuri's Brigade
Creature — Elf Warrior
Metalcraft — As long as you control three or more artifacts, this creature gets +4/+4 and has trample.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #25858
Ezuri's Brigade is a 4/4 trampler for four mana that becomes an 8/8 if you control three or more artifact creatures — a stat ceiling that rivals dedicated finishers. The condition is trivially met in artifact-heavy Commander builds, making this a legitimate threat rather than a build-around curiosity.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ezuri's Brigade earns a slot in dedicated artifact-creature decks — specifically green-inclusive shells that want a trampling beater that scales with board density rather than a standalone threat. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but offer no real home; four-mana 4/4s with conditional upsides don't compete in environments where threats need immediate board impact on the turn they're cast. Modern has the same problem: the card is legal but outclassed by creatures that don't require three artifact creatures already in play to justify the mana cost. Ezuri's Brigade is a Commander card in practice, full stop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Ezuri's Brigade is pure bulk — no secondary-market demand, no cross-format play, no chase factor. It holds that floor indefinitely; this is a card you pick up as a throw-in, not one that moves on reprints or hype.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.