Brash Taunter

Creature — Goblin

Indestructible (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this.)

Whenever this is dealt damage, this deals that much damage to target opponent.

{2}{R}, {T}: This fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Combos

• Brash Taunter + Crackdown Construct + Nomads en-Kor
• Brash Taunter + Spirit Loop

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

DreadKhan on Lightning Bolts shoot from my fingertips

3 weeks ago

It's a bit pricey, but Exquisite Blood is generically very good with burn effects. If you don't mind a combo potentially showing up you can also use Sanguine Bond, which also happens to love your Commander's Lifelink (and fwiw unlike most decks that just throw that in you are VERY able to burn people to actually win on the spot).

I think if you want to use Manabarbs maybe you should look at more Artifact type ramp that won't trigger it? There are some easy ones like Rakdos Signet, Talisman of Indulgence that can even give you coloured mana, and some like Worn Powerstone and Thran Dynamo that can help keep your Commander on the table. Also, maybe I'm missing a ton of them, but IMHO you should have more artifacts if you want to use a Mox Opal.

Some other random goodies you might like: Maddening Hex (this would be HILARIOUS with some doublers), Chandra's Ignition (if you target something with lifelink remember it's the CREATURE doing the damage, so you can gain a TON of life off of this if the board is fairly full, and it's great with a Deathtouch source like Gift of Doom), Fire Covenant (one of the best burn spells ever), and MAYBE a Rionya, Fire Dancer since you've got all those Sorceries.

YMMV but I love having some small card draw effects in a deck like this, maybe Night's Whisper, Winds of Change, Humble Defector, and/or Phyrexian Arena? I feel like Sign in Blood's BB might be awkward.

It's not exactly 'lightning from your fingers', but Brash Taunter is one of the funniest creatures in Magic, just having the little guy out can make you much harder to attack into, and before your turn if you didn't need to remove/burn something you can use mana you're holding up to pick a fight with the biggest creature on board. It's nutso with all your damage doublers IMHO. One of my favorite interactions in all of Magic is how good Scavenged Brawler is with Taunter, it's the kind of thing you won't pull off often, but if people aren't running enough Swords to Plowshares family effects it's amazing.

Optimator on Moocifer Rising

5 months ago

Instead of the middling sacrifice package, you could run some of the Stuffy Doll cards. Might be more synergistic.

Brash Taunter

Barbed Servitor -- draws cards

DreadKhan on Tsabo Tavoc Havoc

5 months ago

Cool card! I agree it's probably not as good in most decks as Brawler, but that doesn't mean it's not a fine card in it's own right, costing only 3 is a real upside! I have multiple decks that might like it!

The drop rate of new cards has become unhelpful, even someone with a fair bit of time to invest in a hobby (me for example) can't really see everything new, so thanks for pointing Revenant out!

I'm not sure if I mentioned it, but Brash Taunter is bloody hilarious with Scavenged Brawler or Qarsi Revenant, Brawler gives you a beefy aggro blocker that can beat stuff to death, Revenant lets you ping anything to death, and both give the Taunter the key lifelink ability, very useful when he fights the biggest things on the board. The funniest part about using this is that the base creature is indestructible, and you're not equipping/aura-ing him, so some colours have almost no way to answer Taunter once it's resolved.

MattyOfTheBoy on Wakeen Phoenix

9 months ago

seshiro_of_the_orochi Thank you haha I thought it was pretty clever. I think Brash Taunter would be a nice addition as well.

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Wakeen Phoenix

9 months ago

Clicked on the list because I wondered how you'd manage to do Taii as a phoenix tribal. Then I spoke out the name and audibly rolled my eyes. This earned you an upvote xD

Regarding any suggestions: You already have Boros Reckoner in here. How about also including Stuffy Doll, Brash Taunter and other similar effects?

FormOverFunction on New Blocking Rule (banding?)

1 year ago

Bookrook there’s so much available (Brash Taunter, enrage, etc) that I still feel like it’s only a matter of time before they justify to themselves that it’s totally reasonable to bring it back. The track record is there. Universes Beyond no longer having to have matching in-world counterparts, and now just flat out being legal. Storm, just as a general topic… nothing ever dies in magic lol

YourNeighborhoodGhost on knowledge is pain

1 year ago

nice deck mate, what about Brash Taunter Impact Resonance or some enrage cards like Silverclad Ferocidons

DreadKhan on Painful chaos

1 year ago

I have a Rakdos deck that's trying to do some similar things, I leaned into creatures that could double as removal, some games you can eliminate a player by resolving an early Dwarven Miner/Dwarven Blastminer, Tsabo Tavoc is a hilarious card in a Commander game, Olivia Voldaren and Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief make very good use of late game mana and can create a whole mess of trouble, maybe War Cadence is a very political card I love to try to sneak into decks, the really sweet part is you can use it on an opponent's attack to help THEM get in, and an Archenemy is tapped out that means you only need to spend {1} to make everything unblockable... it's a real skill testing card IMHO. Rite of the Raging Storm can kill off any opponents that don't have blockers, and it survives most Wraths. It's also a sacrifice effect when it dies, so it works with Mayhem Devil without support. Even without it's combo I find Exquisite Blood can be an amazing card, it's hilarious with Protection Racket out! If you want things to get chaotic/people to have to make choices you might like some of the Dr. Who stuff, the only card I personally use is Ensnared by the Mara, which isn't too jarring IMHO, most people wouldn't realize it's Universes Beyond at a Glance IMHO. Humble Defector is a fun card even if you don't run ways to kill him off right after he changes hands, some players will agree to trade him back even! Din of the Fireherd and Fevered Suspicion are pretty chaotic effects, though some people will really get up in arms if you take away more than a couple lands! Speaking of taking a couple lands, Volcanic Offering is hilarious IMHO.

Rakdos isn't the ideal colours to make him pop but I still like Brash Taunter, he's also great with anything that gives him lifelink, but it's surprising value if you can resolve something like Scavenged Brawler on Taunter, it's worth noting that Brawler would also help turn Vial Smasher into a much better threat/life source.

Finally, have you thought about some auctions, maybe Thieves' Auction or Illicit Auction? 5 mana to maybe not get a creature isn't amazing, but in practice if you ever have the most life it's just 5 mana to steal whichever creature you want! Thieves' Auction is a good card if you have a lot of permanents that work just by being out (like symmetrical chaos effects), but it's also decent if you don't run an especially sturdy board (since you pick first!), I've had situations where nothing on my board was taken until everyone else's boards were taken, my cards were that bad! Such a great feeling to get value out of stuff like Thieves' Auction.

I like the idea of your list here, you might get a kick out of my Pavel the Mighty, Hero We Deserve list, it's a Chaos deck that overflows with pet cards!