Hellspur Brute
Creature — Minotaur Mercenary
Affinity for outlaws (This spell costs 
less to cast for each Assassin, Mercenary, Pirate, Rogue, and/or Warlock you control.)
Trample
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #15863
Hellspur Brute enters the battlefield and immediately forces every opponent to discard a card — that's three discards in a four-player pod before it ever attacks. Laughing Jasper Flint turns each of those discards into additional resources, which is why the Brute slots into that deck at nearly a 30% inclusion rate.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Laughing Jasper Flint
Laughing Jasper Flint rewards you for making opponents discard, and Hellspur Brute delivers a guaranteed three-for-one ETB trigger in a typical pod — the Brute is one of the cleanest pickups the deck can run.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hellspur Brute is a Commander card first and foremost — the ETB discard scales directly with the number of opponents, so the four-player pod is where it earns its slot. In one-on-one formats like Modern or Pioneer, it's a 4/3 with trample that makes one opponent discard one card, which isn't close to competitive rate. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient disruption at every point on the curve, so Hellspur Brute won't see play there outside of casual tables.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Hellspur Brute is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap singles order. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications rarely climb without a spike in deck popularity, so don't expect the price to move unless Laughing Jasper Flint decks surge.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.