The Brute
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0.
: Regenerate enchanted creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #23841
The Brute trades card quality for board presence — you discard a card to give a creature +2/+0 and trample until end of turn, which is a real rate when you're trying to push through a stalled combat. The cost is real too: card disadvantage on a non-permanent means you need a deck that either generates hand surplus or wants cards in the graveyard.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, The Brute is fringe — it slots into Madness, reanimator, or hellbent strategies where the discard is a feature, not a bug, but those decks usually have better outlets. Pauper is where The Brute sees the most legitimate play, since common-only red aggro and Madness builds can leverage the instant-speed discard without competing against premium card selection. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the effect is too low-impact for formats with that power density.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, The Brute is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the effect. Bulk commons don't hold or gain value, so pick it up purely because you want to run it, not as any kind of financial consideration.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.