Nishoba Brawler
Creature — Cat Warrior
Trample
Domain — Nishoba Brawler's power is equal to the number of basic land types among lands you control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #21341
Nishoba Brawler arrives as a 7/7 trampler for two mana in the right shell — that's a rate no other two-drop in green-white touches. The ceiling is that high because the floor is real: zero lands in play means zero power, so it earns its slot only in dedicated landfall or domain builds.
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 |
In Commander, Nishoba Brawler is a role-player, not a generalist — it belongs in landfall decks that routinely hit five or more lands by turn four, where it becomes a recurring threat that outclasses most blockers. In Modern and Pioneer, domain strategies can reliably deploy all five basic land types early enough that Nishoba Brawler enters as a 7/7 on turn two, which is genuinely format-warping pressure for the cost. Legacy has faster clocks and better options at the two-drop slot, so it never sees serious play there. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: high synergy in the right shell, dead weight in the wrong one.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Nishoba Brawler is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not a singles binder. The price reflects narrow playability, but in the decks that want it, the value-per-cent is absurd.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.