Brutal Hordechief
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Orc Warrior
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 3
- Set
- Commander 2016 #108 (mythic)
- Price
- $3.68 USD
Whenever a creature you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{3}{R/W}{R/W}: Creatures your opponents control block this turn if able, and you choose how those creatures block.
Brutal Hordechief has 3 printings, first in Fate Reforged (2015). EDHREC ranks it #6,890 among Commander cards. It appears most in Isshin, Two Heavens as One decks (11,612 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Brutal Hordechief
- Open Hostility - Commander 2016, led by Saskia the Unyielding
Commanders that run Brutal Hordechief most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Isshin, Two Heavens as One: 11,612 decks
- Najeela, the Blade-Blossom: 3,726 decks
- Zurgo, Thunder's Decree: 2,182 decks
- Zurgo Helmsmasher: 1,232 decks
- Worf, Defiant Commander: 11 decks
Often played with Brutal Hordechief
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You’ll choose how each creature controlled by an opponent blocks, even if that creature wasn’t on the battlefield or wasn’t controlled by an opponent as the activated ability resolved.
- : In a multiplayer game, if more than one player activates Brutal Hordechief’s activated ability on the same turn, the controller of the last ability to resolve will choose how any creatures controlled by players who didn’t resolve this ability will block.
- : All blocking declarations must still be legal.
- : The defending player affected by Brutal Hordechief’s triggered ability is determined relative to the creature that attacked. For example, if Brutal Hordechief attacked one opponent and two other creatures you control attacked another opponent, the first opponent would lose 1 life and the second opponent would lose 2 life. You’d gain a total of 3 life.
- : If there’s a cost associated with having a creature block and you choose for that creature to block, its controller can choose to pay that cost or not. If that player decides to not pay that cost, you must propose a new set of blocking creatures.