Railway Brawler
Creature — Rhino Warrior5/5$6.76
Reach, trample Whenever another creature you control enters, put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is its power. Plot (You may pay and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
Legal in Commander
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Combos 20
Railway Brawler + Murderous Redcap
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite death triggers
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Murderous Redcap by paying {2}{B/R}{B/R}. When Murderous Redcap enters the battlefield, it and Railway Brawler trigger. Resolve the Railway Brawler trigger, putting a number of +1/+1 counters on Murderous Redcap equal to its power. Resolve the Murderous Redcap trigger, dealing an amount of damage to itself equal to its power. Murderous Redcap dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness. Murderous Redcap's persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it. Repeat from step 2.
Railway Brawler + Basking Broodscale + Resourceful Defense
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite colorless mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Basking Broodscale by paying {1}{G}. When Basking Broodscale enters, Railway Brawler triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale. Basking Broodscale triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token. When the Eldrazi Spawn enters, Railway Brawler triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Eldrazi Spawn. Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding {C}. When the Eldrazi Spawn dies, Resourceful Defense triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale. Repeat from step 3.
Railway Brawler + Basking Broodscale + Yuna, Grand Summoner
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite colorless mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Basking Broodscale by paying {1}{G}. When Basking Broodscale enters, Railway Brawler triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale. Basking Broodscale triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token. When the Eldrazi Spawn enters, Railway Brawler triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Eldrazi Spawn. Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding {C}. When the Eldrazi Spawn dies, Yuna triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale. Repeat from step 3.
Railway Brawler + Basking Broodscale + Host of the Hereafter
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite colorless mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Basking Broodscale by paying {1}{G}. When Basking Broodscale enters, Railway Brawler triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale. Basking Broodscale triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token. When the Eldrazi Spawn enters, Railway Brawler triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Eldrazi Spawn. Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding {C}. When the Eldrazi Spawn dies, Host of the Hereafter triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale. Repeat from step 3.
Railway Brawler + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Grist, the Hunger Tide
- Infinite self-mill
- Infinite creature tokens
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a creature that has a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
Activate a creature using Grist's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, causing you to create a 1/1 Insect creature token and mill a card, and then put a loyalty counter on the creature and repeat the process if the card was an Insect. When the Insect enters, Railway Brawler triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Insect. This causes it to gain Grist's abilities due to Agatha's Soul Cauldron. Repeat from step 1 using the Insect token instead.
Railway Brawler + Ramos, Dragon Engine + Emiel the Blessed
- Infinite colored mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Emiel by paying {3}, blinking Ramos. When Ramos enters the battlefield, Railway Brawler and Emiel trigger. Resolve the Railway Brawler trigger, putting four +1/+1 counters on Ramos. Resolve the Emiel trigger, causing you to pay {G/W} to put a +1/+1 counter on Ramos. Activate Ramos by removing five +1/+1 counters from it, adding {W}{W}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}{G}{G}. Repeat.
Railway Brawler + Crystalline Crawler + Temur Sabertooth
- Infinite colored mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Crystalline Crawler by paying {4}, ensuring to spend at least three different colors of mana to cast it, causing Crystalline Crawler to enter the battlefield with at least three +1/+1 counters on it. When Crystalline Crawler enters the battlefield, Railway Brawler triggers, putting four +1/+1 counters on it. Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing all +1/+1 counters from it, adding {G}{W}{U}{B} and the remaining mana in any combination of color(s). Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying {1}{G}, returning Crystalline Crawler to your hand from the battlefield. Repeat.
Railway Brawler + Animation Module + Intruder Alarm
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite untap of creatures
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Creatures you control can tap to produce at least {1}. You have a way to cause a creature to enter the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it.
Steps
Cause a creature to enter the battlefield Intruder Alarm and Railway Brawler trigger. Resolve the Intruder Alarm trigger, untapping all creatures. Holding priority, activate a mana-producing creature by tapping it, adding at least {1}. Resolve the Railway Brawler trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on the creature that entered the battlefield. Animation Module triggers, causing you to pay {1} to create a 1/1 Servo artifact creature token. Repeat from step 2.
Railway Brawler + Putrid Goblin + Sling-Gang Lieutenant
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Sling-Gang Lieutenant by sacrificing Putrid Goblin When Putrid Goblin dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it. When Putrid Goblin enters, Railway Brawler triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Putrid Goblin. Resolve the Sling-Gang Lieutenant ability. Repeat.
Railway Brawler + Putrid Goblin + Skirk Prospector
- Infinite red mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Putrid Goblin does not have a -1/-1 counter on it.
Steps
Activate Skirk Prospector by sacrificing Putrid Goblin, adding {R}. When Putrid Goblin dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it. When Putrid Goblin enters the battlefield, Railway Brawler triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Putrid Goblin. Repeat.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Byrke, Long Ear of the LawRailway Brawler puts +1/+1 counters on your creatures and Byrke, Long Ear of the Law doubles counters.
- Lily Bowen, Raging GrandmaRailway Brawler puts +1/+1 counters on your creatures and Lily Bowen, Raging Grandma doubles counters.
- Mowu, Loyal CompanionRailway Brawler puts +1/+1 counters on your creatures and Mowu, Loyal Companion doubles counters.
- Ferrafor, Young YewRailway Brawler puts +1/+1 counters on your creatures and Ferrafor, Young Yew doubles counters.
- Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague SwarmGrist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm blinks / re-enters your creatures, which Railway Brawler can use because it triggers when your creatures enter.
- Dyadrine, Synthesis AmalgamRailway Brawler puts +1/+1 counters on your creatures, which Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam can use.
- Emil, Vastlands RoamerRailway Brawler puts +1/+1 counters on your creatures, which Emil, Vastlands Roamer can use.
- Ghave, Guru of SporesRailway Brawler puts +1/+1 counters on your creatures, which Ghave, Guru of Spores can use.
- Ant-Man, Colony CommanderRailway Brawler puts +1/+1 counters on your creatures, which Ant-Man, Colony Commander can use.
- Bristly Bill, Spine SowerRailway Brawler puts +1/+1 counters on your creatures and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower doubles counters.