---
name: "Inescapable Brute"
mana_cost: "{5}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Giant Warrior"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Wither"]
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "95"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "cb69e07c-c831-4992-8089-3a3a1278c45b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/inescapable-brute-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Inescapable Brute
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Giant Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Wither

## Oracle Text
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
This creature must be blocked if able.

> *Si vous pensez le contourner et survivre, c'est qu'il joue avec vous.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Slinking Giant](/printing/slinking-giant-shm.md) — Creature — Giant Rogue
2. [Smoldering Butcher](/printing/smoldering-butcher-eve.md) — Creature — Elemental Warrior
3. [Duergar Cave-Guard](/printing/duergar-cave-guard-eve.md) — Creature — Dwarf Warrior
4. [Scuzzback Scrapper](/printing/scuzzback-scrapper-shm.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
5. [Hateflayer](/printing/hateflayer-eve.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Witherscale Wurm](/printing/witherscale-wurm-shm.md) — Creature — Wurm

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #95
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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