Frontline Devastator
Creature — Zombie Minotaur Warrior
Afflict 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 2 life.)
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #21621
Frontline Devastator enters as a 3/2 that makes all your Minotaurs menace for the turn and attacks as a 4/2 itself — the pump is immediate and board-wide, not conditional on setup. The two-red cost is the only real friction, and in any dedicated Minotaur shell that's a non-issue.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sethron, Hurloon General
Sethron, Hurloon General floods the board with Minotaur tokens every time you cast a red or black creature, and Frontline Devastator turns that whole army evasive the moment it attacks — the combination is why it shows up in nearly 15% of Sethron lists.
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 |
Frontline Devastator is a tribal role-player, and that means its relevance lives and dies by Commander — specifically Minotaur builds where the menace grant is a repeatable combat closer rather than a one-off trick. In Pauper it's legal but outclassed by cheaper, more generically powerful commons. Modern and Pioneer have the card pool to run it, but competitive Minotaur support there is thin enough that it rarely makes the cut. Outside of Commander, treat it as a curiosity rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Frontline Devastator is pure bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking. Bulk tribal pieces at this price point rarely spike unless the tribe gets a breakout new commander, so don't expect movement, but there's no reason not to own a copy if you're building Sethron.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.