Card
Strax, Sontaran Nurse
Mana cost {3}{R}{G}
Legendary Creature — Alien Cleric 5/5
Vigilance, trample Grenades! — {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random. When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls. Glory of Battle — Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · WHO · #160
- Cheapest printing
- €0.13
- EDHREC salt
- 0.38
- Color identity
- Green, Red
- Keywords
- Vigilance, Glory of Battle, Trample, Fight, Grenades!
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
No known combos for this card.
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast
The player is chosen at random, but Strax's controller gets to choose which of their creatures it fights. - 2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast
If Strax is dealt damage equal to its toughness while fighting, it will die before the +1/+1 counter from its last ability can save it.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast