Moraug, Fury of Akoum
Legendary Creature — Minotaur Warrior
Each creature you control gets +1/+0 for each time it has attacked this turn.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, if it's your main phase, there's an additional combat phase after this phase. At the beginning of that combat, untap all creatures you control.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $6.28
- EDHREC rank
- #1009
Moraug, Fury of Akoum turns every landfall trigger into an additional combat step, and in the right shell that means five or six attacks before opponents can untap. Six mana is real, but the payoff is immediate and board-state-ending — this isn't a value engine you wait on, it's a closer. Sethron, Hurloon General decks run it in over 84% of lists for exactly that reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sethron, Hurloon General
Sethron, Hurloon General generates token Minotaurs whenever you cast a red creature, and those tokens plus a fetch land or bounce land chain give Moraug, Fury of Akoum the repeated landfall triggers it needs to stack combats — the two cards form a direct engine.
Gornog, the Red Reaper
Gornog, the Red Reaper rewards attacking with large red creatures, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum multiplies those attacks, letting Gornog's triggered abilities fire repeatedly in a single turn cycle.
Hearthhull, the Worldseed
Hearthhull, the Worldseed is a landfall-centric commander, so Moraug, Fury of Akoum slots in as a natural combat payoff — every land you play through Hearthhull's ramp lines potentially becomes a free attack step.
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd accelerates land play from the graveyard, which feeds Moraug, Fury of Akoum landfall triggers consistently enough to threaten multiple combats by mid-game.
Bumi, Unleashed
Bumi, Unleashed cares about big creatures attacking repeatedly, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum delivers exactly that — stacking extra combats turns Bumi's attack triggers into a game-ending sequence.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Moraug, Fury of Akoum lives — the singleton format rewards its high ceiling, and the multiplayer table gives it enough creatures and lands to make each extra combat step lethal. In competitive 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but essentially absent: six mana for a creature that requires a specific trigger type to do anything is too slow against interactive decks that answer it before a land drop fires. Vintage has the raw speed to resolve it, but the format's combo density means you're not goldfishing landfall chains. Oathbreaker gives it a narrow home as a signature spell or 58-card companion to a red creature strategy, though the smaller deck size makes the engine more consistent and more fragile simultaneously.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Aggravated Assault fills a similar role at a higher price point but without the landfall dependency, making it more reliable in non-landfall builds — if you're running Moraug, Fury of Akoum specifically for the extra combat effect and not the trigger synergy, Assault is the cleaner swap. Savage Beating is a one-shot version under $1 that can't loop but demands no setup, which makes it a reasonable fallback in decks that can't consistently produce multiple landfall triggers per turn.
Price Context
Current price
$6.28 mid tier
At $6.28, Moraug, Fury of Akoum sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a real inclusion decision, cheap enough that you're not second-guessing the slot. Its 84% inclusion rate in Sethron builds and consistent demand across landfall strategies suggest the price is stable rather than a spike waiting to correct.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Sethron, Hurloon General
- Gornog, the Red Reaper
- Hearthhull, the Worldseed
- Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
- Bumi, Unleashed
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.