Ruinous Minotaur
Creature — Minotaur Warrior
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, sacrifice a land.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #28235
Ruinous Minotaur is a 5/2 trampler for three mana — that's an aggressive stat line — but the forced land sacrifice on attack makes it actively dangerous to your own board in any game that runs longer than a few turns. Run it only when you're explicitly breaking the symmetry or plan to win before the land loss compounds.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ruinous Minotaur is a fringe inclusion — the land sacrifice is a real cost across a 40-life, multiplayer game where you need mana to survive multiple opponents. In Pauper, where it's also legal, the common card pool makes a 5/2 trampler for three genuinely threatening, but the self-punishing attack trigger still limits it to aggressive red decks that plan to end games fast. Legacy and Vintage have far better options at this mana cost and will never touch it. The card's honest home is any format where the game ends before you sacrifice more than one or two lands — outside that window, the downside outweighs the body.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Ruinous Minotaur is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable simply because demand is minimal; don't expect it to move in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.