Scrappy Bruiser
Creature — Raccoon Warrior
Whenever this creature attacks, up to one target attacking creature gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn. Return that creature to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #15562
Scrappy Bruiser enters with a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control that already has a counter on it — board-wide scaling, no hoops at instant speed. The cost is real: five mana for a 4/4 is not ahead of the curve, so you're running it because the trigger does work, not because the body does.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Muerra, Trash Tactician
Muerra, Trash Tactician distributes +1/+1 counters as a core function, meaning Scrappy Bruiser almost always lands into a board where every creature qualifies for the bonus — it's a force-multiplier on an engine that's already running.
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 |
Scrappy Bruiser is a Commander card front to back — the trigger only matters when you have a wide board of creatures already accumulating counters, a condition that 100-card singleton encourages and 60-card formats punish. In Modern or Legacy, five mana for a conditional buff is unplayable outside the most dedicated +1/+1 counter shells, which have better payoffs at lower costs. Oathbreaker offers the same counter-synergy environment as Commander at a smaller scale, so it's fine there if your planeswalker supports the theme. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Scrappy Bruiser is deep bulk — you're paying pennies for a card that does something genuinely useful in the right shell. Bulk rares don't hold or gain value, but that's irrelevant; you're buying the effect, not the card.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.