---
name: "Vicious Battlerager"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Dwarf Barbarian"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Spiked Retribution"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "155"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "b8942c72-16ce-4f2f-875f-97a56e85a03e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vicious-battlerager-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "banned"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Vicious Battlerager
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Dwarf Barbarian
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/5
- **Keywords:** Spiked Retribution

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you take the initiative.
Spiked Retribution — Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, that creature's controller loses 5 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dwarven Berserker](/printing/dwarven-berserker-wth.md) — Creature — Dwarf Berserker
2. [Somberwald Vigilante](/printing/somberwald-vigilante-ddl.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Battle-Scarred Goblin](/printing/battle-scarred-goblin-hoc.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
4. [Dwarven Vigilantes](/printing/dwarven-vigilantes-vis.md) — Creature — Dwarf
5. [Kolaghan Aspirant](/printing/kolaghan-aspirant-dtk.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
6. [Vindictive Mob](/printing/vindictive-mob-rav.md) — Creature — Human Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #155
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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