Felhide Brawler
Creature — Minotaur
This creature can't block unless you control another Minotaur.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23502
Felhide Brawler is a 2/2 Minotaur for two mana that gains menace when you control another Minotaur — a tribal payoff that costs nothing extra and turns on reliably in any dedicated Minotaur shell. Outside that context it's a vanilla 2/2, so Sethron, Hurloon General is essentially a prerequisite for running it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sethron, Hurloon General
Sethron, Hurloon General floods the board with Minotaur tokens whenever you cast a red or black creature spell, meaning Felhide Brawler almost always has company — and menace on a two-drop that hits before the board gets cluttered is exactly what an aggressive Minotaur curve wants.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Felhide Brawler is a role-player in Minotaur tribal and nothing else — the 99 is deep enough that a conditional 2/2 only earns its slot when Sethron, Hurloon General or a similar tribal engine is at the helm. Pauper is the format most likely to care about the card on raw stats, though even there a 2/2 for two with a situational keyword struggles to crack creature-dense lists. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the competition at the two-drop slot is too stiff for a card that requires board support to do anything interesting. Treat Felhide Brawler as a Commander-only inclusion and only in the specific tribal shell it was designed for.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Felhide Brawler sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up from any commons box without a second thought. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so there's no reason to buy more than a playset; just grab one when you're building the deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.