---
name: "Slate Street Ruffian"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Warrior"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jim Murray"
oracle_id: "c74d72ee-4795-41ca-b676-4d5a05bd12b7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slate-street-ruffian-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Slate Street Ruffian
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player discards a card.

> *« Impitoyable au point de friser la démence. Le postulant idéal ! » —Zelinas, recruteur d'Orzhov*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Alley Grifters](/printing/alley-grifters-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Mercenary
2. [Bola Warrior](/printing/bola-warrior-nem.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper Warrior
3. [Somberwald Vigilante](/printing/somberwald-vigilante-ddl.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Kolaghan Aspirant](/printing/kolaghan-aspirant-dtk.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Mardu Skullhunter](/printing/mardu-skullhunter-ktk.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
6. [Rakdos Roustabout](/printing/rakdos-roustabout-rna.md) — Creature — Ogre Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #78
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jim Murray
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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