Zurgo Bellstriker
Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior
Zurgo can't block creatures with power 2 or greater.
Dash 
(You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #14807
Zurgo Bellstriker hits the board on turn one as a 2/2 with haste and threatens two damage before most decks have done anything — that rate is real. The cost is a clause that turns off blocking, which barely matters when your plan is to attack before defenses exist; Yomiji, Who Bars the Way can recur it if it dies, but honestly the card is cheap enough to just recast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Zurgo Bellstriker occupies a narrow lane: aggressive red decks and Goblin tribal shells that want one-drops with immediate board presence, or as a cheap legend for Yuriko-style flicker/blink packages. Across competitive formats, Zurgo Bellstriker has never cracked serious Modern or Pioneer aggro rotations — Monastery Swiftspear and Goblin Guide outclass it in any burn-forward shell. Legacy has the card pool to make one-drops work, but again, Zurgo Bellstriker loses that race. Oathbreaker is the most interesting home: a one-mana legendary commander with built-in haste means you're dealing commander damage from turn one.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Yomiji, Who Bars the WayThermopodZurgo Bellstriker
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Yomiji, Who Bars the WayPhyrexian AltarZurgo Bellstriker
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Zurgo Bellstriker is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Demand is low enough that the price isn't going anywhere; pick up copies without hesitation if the deck calls for them.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.