Frenzied Saddlebrute
Creature — Orc Warrior
Haste
All creatures can attack your opponents and planeswalkers your opponents control as though those creatures had haste.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #7713
Frenzied Saddlebrute forces every opponent's creatures to attack each combat — a board-wide goad stapled to a 4/4 body for four mana. In goad-heavy builds like Thantis, the Warweaver, that persistent forced-attack trigger is the whole game plan, and this card delivers it on a creature that also trades with most threats in the format.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thantis, the Warweaver
Thantis, the Warweaver already forces all creatures to attack each turn, and Frenzied Saddlebrute adds a redundant layer that ensures opponents can't sit back even if Thantis gets removed — 37% inclusion across nearly 7,000 decks reflects exactly how central that redundancy is.
Gornog, the Red Reaper
Gornog, the Red Reaper scales off opponents attacking each other, so Frenzied Saddlebrute's forced-attack effect directly feeds Gornog's power and toughness while keeping pressure off your own life total.
Kardur, Doomscourge
Kardur, Doomscourge's entire value proposition is goading the table into mutual destruction, and Frenzied Saddlebrute extends that effect beyond Kardur's enters-the-battlefield window by keeping the forced-attack pressure live as long as it stays in play.
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant rewards goading with card draw and life drain, and Frenzied Saddlebrute's permanent forced-attack rider generates a continuous stream of triggers without requiring you to spend mana on individual goad activations.
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Noble Heritage
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer goads the highest-power creatures in play, and Frenzied Saddlebrute ensures those goaded creatures actually attack by removing any player's ability to hold back their board.
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 |
Frenzied Saddlebrute is a Commander card through and through — the forced-attack effect only generates chaos and value when there are multiple opponents with stocked boards to redirect at each other. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but laughably outclassed; no competitive shell wants a four-mana 4/4 with a multiplayer-centric ability in a two-player format. Commander is the one context where Frenzied Saddlebrute earns its slot, specifically in goad or forced-combat strategies where the persistent group-wide attack requirement compounds every turn and turns opponents into mutual threats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Frenzied Saddlebrute is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box rather than order intentionally. That price is stable; it sees consistent play in a narrow niche, but there's no pressure pushing it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thantis, the Warweaver
- Gornog, the Red Reaper
- Kardur, Doomscourge
- Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
- Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Noble Heritage
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.