---
name: "Overzealous Muscle"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Ogre Mercenary"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "97"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Sam White"
oracle_id: "4cb63198-29b5-4607-bd4a-f449807fb764"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/overzealous-muscle-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Overzealous Muscle
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Ogre Mercenary
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4

## Oracle Text
Whenever you commit a crime during your turn, this creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy a creature with indestructible.)

> *Nicht jeder kann ein Taschendieb sein.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hardbristle Bandit](/printing/hardbristle-bandit-otj.md) — Creature — Plant Rogue
2. [Forsaken Miner](/printing/forsaken-miner-otj.md) — Creature — Skeleton Rogue
3. [Rage-Scarred Berserker](/printing/rage-scarred-berserker-thb.md) — Creature — Minotaur Berserker
4. [Nimble Brigand](/printing/nimble-brigand-otj.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Popular Egotist](/printing/popular-egotist-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Kaervek, the Punisher](/printing/kaervek-the-punisher-potj.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #97
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Sam White
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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