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Uruk-hai Berserker

Creature — Orc Berserker

When this creature enters, the Ring tempts you.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Price
$0.23
EDHREC rank
#10437
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Uruk-hai Berserker card art
Uruk-hai Berserker puts a 4/3 trample, haste body on the board the turn it enters — that's immediate pressure without setup. The catch is the Orc creature type and the Lord of the Rings IP locking it into tribal and themed builds, where Frodo, Sauron's Bane and Ratadrabik of Urborg make the most of it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Frodo, Sauron's Bane

Frodo, Sauron's Bane

53.5% of decks · synergy 0.53

Frodo, Sauron's Bane benefits directly from Uruk-hai Berserker as a threatening attacker that forces your opponent to block or take four trample damage, accelerating Frodo's corruption-counter gameplan without requiring any additional infrastructure.

02
Sméagol, Helpful Guide

Sméagol, Helpful Guide

43.0% of decks · synergy 0.42

Sméagol, Helpful Guide runs Uruk-hai Berserker as a reliable haste threat that closes games after Sméagol's ramp and card-advantage engine has spent a few turns building up resources.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Uruk-hai Berserker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it only meaningfully shows up in Commander. In Pauper a 4/3 trample haste for four mana is on the edge of playable, but the Orc tribal synergy that makes it worthwhile simply doesn't exist in the format. In Legacy and Vintage the card is nowhere near competitive — four mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature is a non-starter in those formats. Commander is the one home where Uruk-hai Berserker earns its slot, specifically in Lord of the Rings tribal builds where the creature type and haste matter.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, Uruk-hai Berserker is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if you're building the right deck. Its niche appeal keeps demand low, so don't expect the price to move unless a new Lord of the Rings commander pushes Orc tribal into the spotlight.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.