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Brutal Hordechief

{3}{B}

Creature — Orc Warrior

FRFFate Reforged#64mythic
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 2370
Illustrator
Tyler Jacobson
Found in
Fate Reforged MTGO Redemption · Fate Reforged MTGO Redemption Foil · Fate Reforged Booster Pack
Printings3EDHREC rank#6,706
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 finishspark updated 19h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-0.7%
$2.78
$1.50 low$0.75 gapTCGplayer
Foil-0.4%
$8.52
$2.99 low$0.99 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$2.78· across 3 printings· you're viewing it

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.