Slaughterhouse Bouncer
Creature — Ogre Warrior
Hellbent — When this creature dies, if you have no cards in hand, target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #29988
Slaughterhouse Bouncer enters with a menace counter already on it and forces your opponent to sacrifice a creature when it dies — repeatable pressure stapled onto a recursive body. Five mana for a 3/3 is the cost, and that rate is too slow for most tables.
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 |
Slaughterhouse Bouncer sees essentially no play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern — those formats move too fast for a five-mana 3/3 with a delayed payoff. Pauper is where it has the most theoretical footing, since commons with built-in sacrifice triggers are rarer there and aristocrats-style decks can grind. In Commander, Slaughterhouse Bouncer fits sacrifice-matters shells under commanders like Prossh, Meren, or Ayara, where the forced sacrifice on death compounds over a long game — but it still competes with cheaper, more impactful three- and four-drops for the same slot.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Slaughterhouse Bouncer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. That price is stable by definition; there's no trajectory to worry about in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.