Venomspout Brackus
Creature — Beast
, 
: This creature deals 5 damage to target attacking or blocking creature with flying.
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #27248
Venomspout Brackus kills a flying creature the moment it enters — no attack step required, no targeting needed from its controller. Eight mana for a 5/6 is a steep ask, and that rate only makes sense if you're cheating it into play or blinking it repeatedly.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Venomspout Brackus sees any real play, and even there it earns a niche slot rather than a staple one. The effect is genuinely useful — fliers are a common evasion plan and a reliable source of commander damage — but eight mana means Venomspout Brackus competes with game-ending threats on the curve. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but would never run it. The card's home is green decks that can recur or flicker it, turning a one-time ambush into a repeatable removal engine.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Venomspout Brackus is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box, not a singles binder. That price is stable by default: there's no competitive demand to drive it up and no reprint pressure to drive it further down.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.