Pugnacious Pugilist
Creature — Ogre Warrior
Whenever this creature attacks, create a tapped and attacking 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."
Blitz 
(If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #18553
Pugnacious Pugilist puts a 4/4 trampler on the board for three mana, and if you can keep swinging — especially alongside Breath of Fury — the free combat triggers stack fast enough to close games on the spot. The cost is real: you're handing the opponent a 4/4 too, so any deck that can't immediately exploit the combat step is just donating bodies.
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 |
Pugnacious Pugilist is a Commander card through and through — the symmetrical 4/4 is acceptable at a table where you can redirect the gift to a less threatening player, and combo shells that loop extra combats make the downside irrelevant. In Modern and Pioneer it's essentially unplayable; a three-mana creature that gives your opponent a 4/4 is a liability in 1v1 where tempo is everything. Legacy and Vintage have enough broken things happening that Pugnacious Pugilist never gets a look. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Breath of FuryAngerPugnacious Pugilist
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Breath of FuryUrabrask the HiddenPugnacious Pugilist
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Breath of FuryRoar of ResistancePugnacious Pugilist
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Breath of FuryTuktuk RubblefortPugnacious Pugilist
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Breath of FuryFervorPugnacious Pugilist
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Pugnacious Pugilist is deep bulk — easy to pick up in trade binders or bulk lots. The price reflects its narrow playability, and there's no realistic pressure to drive it higher.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.