---
name: "Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Ally"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: ["Partner"]
set: "C16"
set_name: "Commander 2016"
collector_number: "30"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Anthony Palumbo"
oracle_id: "e39a1f6b-6b13-4a8b-ac0c-63ede4636812"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bruse-tarl-boorish-herder-c16"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Ally
- **Keywords:** Partner

## Oracle Text
Whenever Bruse Tarl enters or attacks, target creature you control gains double strike and lifelink until end of turn.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bruse Tarl, Roving Rancher](/printing/bruse-tarl-roving-rancher-otj.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Taught by Bruce Tarl](/printing/taught-by-bruce-tarl-unk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Alena, Kessig Trapper](/printing/alena-kessig-trapper-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Scout
4. [Sylvia Brightspear](/printing/sylvia-brightspear-bbd.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Knight
5. [Halana, Kessig Ranger](/printing/halana-kessig-ranger-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Archer Ranger
6. [Tymna the Weaver](/printing/tymna-the-weaver-c16.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2016 (C16) #30
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Anthony Palumbo

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-11-10)* You can choose two commanders with partner that are the same color or colors. In Commander Draft, you can even choose two of the same commander with partner if you drafted them. If you do this, make sure you keep the number of times you've cast each from the command zone clear for "commander tax" purposes.
- *(2020-11-10)* The triggered ability triggers both when Bruse Tarl enters the battlefield and whenever it attacks. You don't have to choose only one.
- *(2020-11-10)* If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Falthis and Kediss are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with black and/or red in their color identity, but not cards with green, white, or blue.
- *(2020-11-10)* An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
- *(2020-11-10)* Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined.
- *(2020-11-10)* Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.