---
name: "Brutal Hordechief"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Orc Warrior"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "R", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "PFRF"
set_name: "Fate Reforged Promos"
collector_number: "64s"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Tyler Jacobson"
oracle_id: "e70cac5e-674e-4df7-94c7-77f8801e3941"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brutal-hordechief-pfrf"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Brutal Hordechief
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Orc Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{3}{R/W}{R/W}: Creatures your opponents control block this turn if able, and you choose how those creatures block.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thrasher Brute](/printing/thrasher-brute-bbd.md) — Creature — Orc Warrior
2. [Vengeful Warchief](/printing/vengeful-warchief-m20.md) — Creature — Orc Warrior
3. [Bellowing Saddlebrute](/printing/bellowing-saddlebrute-ktk.md) — Creature — Orc Warrior
4. [Mardu Roughrider](/printing/mardu-roughrider-plst.md) — Creature — Orc Warrior
5. [Gruesome Scourger](/printing/gruesome-scourger-m20.md) — Creature — Orc Warrior
6. [Orcish Squatters](/printing/orcish-squatters-5ed.md) — Creature — Orc

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fate Reforged Promos (PFRF) #64s
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Tyler Jacobson
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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