Possessed Barbarian
Creature — Human Barbarian Horror
First strike
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1, is black, and has "
, 
: Destroy target red creature."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #30447
Possessed Barbarian is a four-mana 2/2 that needs additional Horror support just to become a 4/4 with fear — the rate is bad and the payoff barely clears the bar for a red aggro creature in 2024. Pass it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Possessed Barbarian is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees effectively no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a 2/2 for four that requires threshold and a discard to become relevant is nowhere close to the 99 — red has dozens of better options at this cost. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it either; the card predates the power creep that made threshold strategies worth revisiting, and the Horror tribal upside is irrelevant in those formats. Oathbreaker shares Commander's verdict: benched.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Possessed Barbarian is deep bulk — priced exactly as low as the market thinks it should be. Demand isn't coming: no combo relevance, no competitive format home, no casual archetype that needs it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.