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Brutal Hordechief

{3}{B}

Creature — Orc Warrior

C16Commander 2016#108mythic
Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Tyler Jacobson
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
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.
3/3
Plays as:
Attack TriggerDrainLifegain SourceToken Payoff
Market · per finishtrend updated 7h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$1.80 low$0.65 gap
Cheapest playable copy$2.08· across 3 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$3.69-0.8%30D
30D range$3.68to$3.78Since Feb 2024:H $3.78L $1.05

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Found in

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  • Commander 2016 Commander Deck Open Hostility

    Deck · $168.16

    Nonfoil Included

Rulings

5 · latest Nov 24, 2014
  • WotCNov 24, 2014

    All blocking declarations must still be legal.

  • WotCNov 24, 2014

    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.

  • WotCNov 24, 2014

    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.

  • WotCNov 24, 2014

    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.

  • WotCNov 24, 2014

    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.