Vinebred Brawler
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Elf Berserker
Oracle Text:
This creature must be blocked if able.
Whenever this creature attacks, another target Elf you control gets +2/+1 until end of turn.
Power/Toughness: 4/2
Rarity: uncommon
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Lorwyn Eclipsed
Price ( USD): $0.17
USD: $0.17 · EUR: €0.15
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Character Background
Vinebred Brawler is a lean, punchy two-drop (2G) that plays like an aggro/tempo engine in Elf tribal. Its 4/2 body hits hard for the cost but is brittle; the "must be blocked if able" text lets you dictate blocks—either cashing in four damage or forcing opponents to commit creatures to stop it, freeing your other attackers. The attack-trigger that gives another Elf +2/+1 turns a 1/1 token or mana-dork into a threatening 3/2, enabling favorable chump-trades or surprise lethal windows. Build it in fast green lists with lots of one-drops and anthem effects: token producers and lords (or classic elves such as Elvish Mystic or Heritage Druid and anthems like Glorious Anthem) maximize the trigger each combat. Play it early to bait removal, or behind pump spells (Giant Growth) and protective mana dorks, and use it to force misblocks and snowball a tempo advantage.
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