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Balduvian Berserker

Creature — Kor Berserker2 generic manaRed mana

Enlist and a death-trigger are two mechanics built around the same question: how do you get a creature's power to matter twice? This design answers it by stacking them. On offense, enlist lets the 1/3 body borrow power from a nonattacking creature, so a defensive stat line briefly hits like a threat while the tapped creature does the pushing. Then the second half collects on the other end: whatever power the Berserker carries when it dies gets flung at any target, which means the enlist boost is not just a combat bonus but a stored payload. Send it into a bigger blocker after enlisting, and the trade becomes a burn spell aimed wherever you like. The tension is deliberate. Enlist only inflates power until end of turn, so the death-damage rewards you for cashing the creature out the same turn you pumped it, ideally by picking a fight it loses. Sacrifice effects reach the same window from the other direction, converting the borrowed power into damage on your terms rather than the blocker's. It is a modest common that hides a small combo inside two abilities that look unrelated: one lends power, the other spends it, and the whole thing is built so those two moments can happen in a single attack step.

Balduvian Berserker (dmu)
DMU · #116uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.07
Foil: $0.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

Enlist (As this creature attacks, you may tap a nonattacking creature you control without summoning sickness. When you do, add its power to this creature's until end of turn.) When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
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Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
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Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
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Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
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