Junkblade Bruiser
Creature — Raccoon Berserker
Trample
Whenever you expend 4, this creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. (You expend 4 as you spend your fourth total mana to cast spells during a turn.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #13976
Junkblade Bruiser lands as a sizeable threat that generates immediate board presence through its discard-payoff mechanic, rewarding decks that are already throwing cards away. In Muerra, Trash Tactician builds specifically, it's a near-automatic include — the synergy is direct and the slot competition is low.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Muerra, Trash Tactician
Muerra, Trash Tactician turns every discarded card into a resource, and Junkblade Bruiser plugs directly into that engine — showing up in over 75% of Muerra lists because it both benefits from and fuels the discard loop she wants to 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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Junkblade Bruiser is legal everywhere but lives almost exclusively in Commander, where 100-card singleton discard decks are common enough to give it a real home. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, dedicated discard strategies exist but demand more efficient payoffs, and Junkblade Bruiser doesn't clear that bar. Pauper is its only realistic non-Commander outlet, where bulk commons can sometimes punch above their weight in grind-heavy matchups — though even there, the competition is stiff. Treat this as a Commander card with legal status elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Junkblade Bruiser is deep bulk — grab a copy without thinking twice if you're building Muerra, Trash Tactician. Bulk commons at this price point don't appreciate, but they don't need to; the value is purely in what it does on the table.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.