---
name: "Maarika, Brutal Gladiator"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{R}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Warrior"
colors: ["B", "G", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "G", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "SLX"
set_name: "Universes Within"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wisnu Tan"
oracle_id: "a46f9f5c-775c-470d-8935-9556e1bbb23d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/maarika-brutal-gladiator-slx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{R}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/4

## Oracle Text
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator must be blocked if able.
As long as it's your turn, Maarika has indestructible.
Whenever Maarika deals damage to a creature, if that creature was dealt excess damage this turn, that creature's controller sacrifices a noncreature, nonland permanent.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mardu Blazebringer](/printing/mardu-blazebringer-ktk.md) — Creature — Ogre Warrior
2. [Rage-Scarred Berserker](/printing/rage-scarred-berserker-thb.md) — Creature — Minotaur Berserker
3. [Carnage Gladiator](/printing/carnage-gladiator-dgm.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
4. [Ruinous Minotaur](/printing/ruinous-minotaur-zen.md) — Creature — Minotaur Warrior
5. [Popular Egotist](/printing/popular-egotist-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Greater Harvester](/printing/greater-harvester-dst.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Universes Within (SLX) #15
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wisnu Tan
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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