Card
Deathbringer Thoctar
Mana cost {4}{B}{R}
Whenever another creature dies, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Part of 216 known combos, 17 of them two-card. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · ARB · #36
- Cheapest printing
- €0.42
- EDHREC salt
- 0.47
- Color identity
- Black, Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Basilisk Collar, Vorpal Sword, Archetype of Finality, Gift of Doom, Quietus Spike, Death Baron, Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Horobi, Death's Wail, Urban Daggertooth, Cleric Class, Archangel of Thune, Dismiss into Dream, Sunbond, Spider-Man, Peter Parker, Light of Promise, The Destined White Mage, Heroic Feast
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Basilisk Collar, Vorpal Sword, Archetype of Finality, Gift of Doom, Quietus Spike, Death Baron, Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Horobi, Death's Wail, Urban Daggertooth, Cleric Class, Archangel of Thune, Dismiss into Dream, Sunbond, Spider-Man, Peter Parker, Light of Promise, The Destined White Mage, Heroic Feast
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Basilisk Collar, Vorpal Sword, Archetype of Finality, Gift of Doom, Quietus Spike, Death Baron, Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Horobi, Death's Wail, Cleric Class, Archangel of Thune, Dismiss into Dream, Sunbond, Spider-Man, Peter Parker, Light of Promise, The Destined White Mage, Heroic Feast
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Basilisk Collar, Vorpal Sword, Archetype of Finality, Gift of Doom, Quietus Spike, Death Baron, Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Horobi, Death's Wail, Urban Daggertooth, Cleric Class, Archangel of Thune, Dismiss into Dream, Sunbond, Spider-Man, Peter Parker, Light of Promise, The Destined White Mage, Heroic Feast (early with Basilisk Collar, Vorpal Sword, Archetype of Finality, Gift of Doom, Quietus Spike, Death Baron, Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Horobi, Death's Wail, Cleric Class, Archangel of Thune, Dismiss into Dream, Sunbond, Spider-Man, Peter Parker, Light of Promise, The Destined White Mage, Heroic Feast)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
216 known combos, 17 of them two-card.
- Deathbringer Thoctar + Basilisk Collar
Produces: Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Deathbringer Thoctar + Vorpal Sword
Produces: Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Deathbringer Thoctar + Archetype of Finality
Produces: Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2009-05-01 · Wizards of the Coast
If Deathbringer Thoctar and another creature are dealt lethal damage at the same time, Deathbringer Thoctar will be put into a graveyard before it would receive any counters. Its ability will still trigger, but it will do nothing when it resolves. - 2009-05-01 · Wizards of the Coast
You may remove any +1/+1 counter from Deathbringer Thoctar to activate its second ability, not just a +1/+1 counter put on it with its first ability.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast