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Collective Brutality 
Sorcery
Oracle Text
Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card.
• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
• Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Collective Brutality, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 69 | 1 |
| Legacy | 19 | 1.9 | 53 | 2.4 |
| Pioneer | 10 | 3 | 26 | 2.4 |
Details
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 101
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Collective Brutality
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
- 1 Narcomoeba
- 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- 1 Grief
- 1 Champion of Wits
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Stock Up
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (14)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 10 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
- 1 Narcomoeba
- 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- 1 Grief
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Stock Up
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (15)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 10 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (23)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Resentful Revelation
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Necrotic Hex
- 1 Blackmail
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (15)
Artifacts (13)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Resentful Revelation
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Necrotic Hex
- 1 Blackmail
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (15)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- 1 Grief
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Bringer of the Last Gift
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Sundering Titan
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Lively Dirge
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Stock Up
- 1 Lórien Revealed
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 10 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fallaji Archaeologist
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
- 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Priest of Fell Rites
Sorceries (15)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tomb Fortress
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
