Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier
Menace
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on an Army, Goblin, or Orc you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.56
- EDHREC rank
- #5145
Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain puts a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control at the start of combat — every turn, for free, as long as he's alive. The cost is a four-mana 3/3 with no evasion, which means he needs a board state to matter, but in the right shell alongside Sauron, the Dark Lord he's a relentless growth engine that compounds fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sauron, the Dark Lord
Sauron, the Dark Lord rewards you for fielding an army of Orcs and Amassed tokens, and Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain turns every swing into a permanent power boost — your board scales out of control within a few combat steps.
Saruman, the White Hand
Saruman, the White Hand cares about casting spells and going wide with tokens, and Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain converts that horizontal board into a vertical threat by stacking counters on every attacker each combat.
Zurgo Helmsmasher
Zurgo Helmsmasher wants to crash in and close games fast, and Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain ensures every creature in the attack gets bigger as the game goes on, turning a wide swing into a lethal one sooner than opponents expect.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain is a Commander card through and through — the effect is too slow and too dependent on a sustained board to matter in Legacy or Vintage, where the game rarely reaches a second combat phase. In Commander, four mana for a repeating anthem that scales with your number of attackers is exactly where you want to be in token or go-wide strategies, and the Middle-earth creature type support makes him a natural fit in Lord of the Rings tribal builds. He's legal in Modern but sees no play there for the same reason as the eternal formats — aggressive decks don't need a four-mana 3/3 that takes a turn to do anything.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.56 bulk tier
At $0.56, Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain sits firmly in bulk territory, which is accurate for a card with a narrow but real niche in Commander. Bulk rares with genuine synergy in popular commanders rarely drop further, so this is a safe pickup if you're building the deck.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.