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Bristlebane Battler

First printed in Lorwyn Eclipsed (2026)

All 3 prints

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Bristlebane Battler

Creature — Kithkin Soldier

Trample, ward 2 generic
This creature enters with five -1/-1 counters on it.
Whenever another creature you control enters while this creature has a -1/-1 counter on it, remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature.

6/6

Illustrated by
Steve Ellis

Legality

Prices

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Bristlebane Battler in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), Premier Draft 60.1% +5.1 +5.5 10029
Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), Sealed 63.3% +6.8 +3.6 1449
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Combos

20 combos, the most popular first:

See all 20 on Commander Spellbook

Commander In 5 of 5780 decks (0.1%), most in Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Share of decks
0.1%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.1% 2026-08-31: 0.1% 2026-09-07: 0.1% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.1% 2026-10-05: 0.0% 2026-10-12: 0.1% 2026-10-19: 0.1% 2026-10-26: 0.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
5
5 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
37%
1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Tayam, Luminous Enigma 1.9% 5%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Basking Broodscale100%59.4
Moonshadow100%56.8
Rishkar, Peema Renegade100%52.6
Tayam, Luminous Enigma100%51.4
Wall of Roots100%38.5
Archon of Emeria100%25.3
Sylvan Safekeeper100%17.3
Elves of Deep Shadow100%15.4
Overgrown Tomb100%15.0
Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler100%13.7

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Marwin Zimmermann in 1.cEDH069 Major @Die Fabrik
3-3
50%
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Stephen Simmons in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)
2-3
40%
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Brandon in 1st annual 1stCKMA cEDH Tournament *100% PROXY FRIENDLY* *GAEA'S CRADLE*
1-4
20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Brandon,
1 main #37
of 105
1-4
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Andrew “AV” Shurling,
1 main #31
of 33
0-4
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Stephen Simmons,
1 main #31
of 150
2-3
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Brandon,
1 main #18
of 37
1-3
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Marwin Zimmermann,
1 main #4 (top 8)
of 77
3-3