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Minotaur, Roxxon CEO

MSC · rare · Released 2026-06-26

Power

brawl
fringeStrong staple
commander
fringeStrong staple

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

under

below rate

standalone

meaningful alone

synergy

wants support

scales

scales up

rigid

one mode

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
aristocratssacrificetokens-go-wide
negative:

No active conflicts.

Roles

token-producerdeath-triggermidrange-threat

Risks

requires-creature-densityslow-setuppip-heavy

Mechanics

—

Typal

synergy:
minotaurvillain
anti:

—

Structural

triggered-ability

Rationale

6cmc 4/4 that creates a 2/1 menace Villain token whenever any nontoken creature dies — including itself — making it a strong aristocrats engine and board-refill threat. Signature in sacrifice/aristocrats shells and tokens-go-wide strategies that run creature-dense boards; the BB pip requirement limits it to mono-black or heavy-black decks. The token quality (2/1 menace) is above average for death-trigger payoffs, providing real board presence rather than fodder alone.

Learnings (3)

  • The trigger covers ALL nontoken creature deaths — opponents' creatures too — so wraths and mass removal become windfall turns for Minotaur's controller.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The tokens it produces are Villains, which may synergize with other Spider-Man/Marvel set Villain-tribal payoffs in the same set.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • At 6 mana with BB, this card is comparatively slow for aristocrats but scales extremely well in creature-heavy metas where multiple creatures die each turn cycle.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #29,664