Helbrute
Artifact Creature — Astartes Dreadnought
Haste
Sarcophagus — You may cast this card from your graveyard by exiling another creature card from your graveyard in addition to paying its other costs.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19289
Helbrute lands as a sizeable, aggressive creature that demands an immediate answer the turn it enters. The cost is real — five mana for a vanilla-adjacent body is a tough sell in formats where that slot is fiercely contested.
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 |
Helbrute is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage where five mana buys effects that win the game outright. In Commander, Helbrute is a casual inclusion at best — the format's threat density is high enough that a five-drop needs either an enters-the-battlefield effect, evasion, or combo utility to justify the slot. Oathbreaker's lower life totals and faster games make the bar even harder to clear.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Helbrute isn't available at this time, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market values. Given its limited competitive application, copies tend to sit at bulk or near-bulk prices — pick it up for flavor rather than financial upside.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.