Is Kragma Butcher good in Commander?

Kragma Butcher

Creature — Minotaur Warrior

Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

CMC: 3
Mana cost
Color identity: R
Rarity: common
Set: Born of the Gods
Price: $0.10
EDHREC rank: #21880

Kragma Butcher enters as a 4/3 trampler the turn a Minotaur hits the battlefield, which is a legitimate threat for three mana in the right shell. Sethron, Hurloon General supplies the triggers constantly, and Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor can push it even further — but outside dedicated Minotaur tribal, it does nothing.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Sethron, Hurloon General

23.8% of decks · synergy 0.24

Sethron, Hurloon General creates a Minotaur token every time you cast a nontoken Minotaur, which means Kragma Butcher is pumped to 4/3 with trample almost every turn the engine is running — it's one of the few three-drops in the tribe that consistently punches above its cost.

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

Kragma Butcher is legal everywhere from Pauper to Legacy, but competitive non-rotating formats have zero interest in a conditional vanilla. In Pauper it's outclassed by commons that don't need a tribe to function. Commander is the only home where Kragma Butcher earns its slot, and even there the window is narrow — you need a Minotaur-tribal commander or a deck dense enough with Minotaurs that the pump condition fires reliably. Outside that specific context, a three-mana 2/3 with no keywords and no enters-the-battlefield effect simply isn't a card.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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