---
name: "Zurgo Helmsmasher"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{W}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "R", "W"]
keywords: ["Haste"]
set: "PKTK"
set_name: "Khans of Tarkir Promos"
collector_number: "214s"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Aleksi Briclot"
oracle_id: "6c48d888-9f5d-43f4-adbd-61dbdba09260"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zurgo-helmsmasher-pktk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Zurgo Helmsmasher
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{W}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior
- **Keywords:** Haste

## Oracle Text
Haste
Zurgo attacks each combat if able.
During your turn, Zurgo has indestructible.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Zurgo this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Zurgo.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Zurgo Bellstriker](/printing/zurgo-bellstriker-dtk.md) — Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior
2. [Dreadhorde Butcher](/printing/dreadhorde-butcher-war.md) — Creature — Zombie Warrior
3. [Zurgo, Thunder's Decree](/printing/zurgo-thunders-decree-tdm.md) — Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior
4. [Zurgo Stormrender](/printing/zurgo-stormrender-tdc.md) — Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior
5. [Shaman of the Great Hunt](/printing/shaman-of-the-great-hunt-frf.md) — Creature — Orc Shaman
6. [Frenzied Saddlebrute](/printing/frenzied-saddlebrute-cmr.md) — Creature — Orc Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Khans of Tarkir Promos (PKTK) #214s
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Aleksi Briclot
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2014-09-20)* If Zurgo enters the battlefield before the combat phase, it will attack that turn if able. If it enters the battlefield after combat, it won't attack that turn and will usually be available to block on the following turn.
- *(2014-09-20)* If, during your declare attackers step, Zurgo is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having Zurgo attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
- *(2014-09-20)* Each time a creature dies, check whether Zurgo had dealt any damage to it at any time during that turn. If so, Zurgo's ability will trigger. It doesn't matter who controlled the creature or whose graveyard it went to.
- *(2014-09-20)* You still choose which player or planeswalker Zurgo Helmsmasher attacks.