---
name: "Smelt-Ward Minotaur"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Minotaur Warrior"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Wisnu Tan"
oracle_id: "ee25680a-d01a-4ddb-908b-27a9bea0ceae"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/smelt-ward-minotaur-grn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Smelt-Ward Minotaur
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Minotaur Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, target creature an opponent controls can't block this turn.

> *「奴を拘束するのではない、徴兵するのだ！」
――司令官ヤーゼン*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unquenchable Fury](/printing/unquenchable-fury-tbth.md) — Sorcery
2. [Labyrinth Minotaur](/printing/labyrinth-minotaur-hml.md) — Creature — Minotaur
3. [Chainwhip Cyclops](/printing/chainwhip-cyclops-clu.md) — Creature — Cyclops Warrior
4. [Felhide Brawler](/printing/felhide-brawler-bng.md) — Creature — Minotaur
5. [Bola Warrior](/printing/bola-warrior-nem.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper Warrior
6. [Unstoppable Ogre](/printing/unstoppable-ogre-neo.md) — Artifact Creature — Ogre Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #116
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Wisnu Tan
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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