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Backstreet Bruiser
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Streets of New CapennaSNC · #35
- Card type
- Creature — Octopus Rogue
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.03 € · ★ 0.05 € · 0.15 $ · ★ 0.03 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Defender As long as there are two or more counters among creatures you control, this creature can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Aaron Miller
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-04-29
Flavour text
"I could show you what's in the case, but it'd be the last thing you ever see."
Rulings
Backstreet Bruiser's ability looks for two or more individual counters. It doesn't matter if the counters are the same kind or different kinds or whether they are on the same permanent or different permanents.