---
name: "Brute Strength"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "AKH"
set_name: "Amonkhet"
collector_number: "122"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "b7a16caa-96e0-40c5-8fcb-81e06d26f92a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brute-strength-akh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Brute Strength
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

> *„Oketra ließ uns einen Obelisken bauen, um uns Zusammenhalt zu lehren, aber ich bin allein stärker."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Smashing Spree](/printing/smashing-spree-msc.md) — Instant
2. [Fanatical Strength](/printing/fanatical-strength-mkm.md) — Instant
3. [Run Amok](/printing/run-amok-tle.md) — Instant
4. [Predator's Strike](/printing/predators-strike-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Crash the Ramparts](/printing/crash-the-ramparts-xln.md) — Instant
6. [Invigorated Rampage](/printing/invigorated-rampage-klr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet (AKH) #122
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 33 across all historical editions

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