Vinebred Brawler
Creature — Elf Berserker
This creature must be blocked if able.
Whenever this creature attacks, another target Elf you control gets +2/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #17272
Vinebred Brawler enters as a potentially massive trampler the moment your graveyard has depth — no setup turn required beyond filling your bin. The cost is a two-card dependency: without a stocked graveyard, you're paying four mana for a vanilla 3/3.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Vinebred Brawler earns its slot in dedicated graveyard-filling shells — self-mill, dredge, and reanimator builds that treat the graveyard as a resource rather than a tragedy. Outside those archetypes, four mana for a creature with no ETB and no protection is too fragile for a 100-card singleton format where removal is everywhere. In Modern and Pioneer, the competition at four mana is brutal — Vinebred Brawler lacks haste, evasion beyond trample, and any immediate impact beyond a large body, so it won't displace established threats in those formats. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla-adjacent creature at this cost. Standard is the one exception where, if a graveyard-matters theme is actively supported in the format environment, Vinebred Brawler could see fringe play as a payoff threat.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Vinebred Brawler is pure bulk — grab a copy without thinking about it if the deck fits. Bulk rares in narrow archetypes rarely appreciate unless a new commander pushes the theme into the spotlight, so treat it as a role-player you acquire for pennies and forget about financially.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.