Freelance Muscle
Creature — Rhino Warrior
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the greatest power and/or toughness among other creatures you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #16710
Freelance Muscle enters as a 4/4 trampler that permanently copies the biggest power on your board — the on-board math is immediate and threatening. Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder decks are the natural home, but any stompy Commander shell that regularly parks a 6+ power creature can close games faster with it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder doubles damage from high-power attackers, so Freelance Muscle entering as a copy of your largest threat effectively creates two oversized threats dealing quadrupled damage on the same swing.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Freelance Muscle is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, though competitive constructed formats rarely want a five-mana 4/4 with a conditional pump when faster threats exist. Commander is the clear home: multiplayer games regularly feature the enormous battlefield presence that makes Freelance Muscle's power-copying ability absurd, and a single resolved copy in a stompy or Voltron shell can outpace opponents who spent the same five mana on interaction. In Oathbreaker, the compressed game speed cuts against it slightly, but high-power Planeswalker strategies can still leverage it if the signature spell supports aggressive gameplans.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Freelance Muscle is deep bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. Bulk mythics and rares with narrow competitive applications rarely climb unless a new commander breaks the effect wide open, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.