Compel Brutality

Reality Fracture #101

Compel Brutality - Reality Fracture

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {1}{G}

Card text: Choose one — • Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. • Target planeswalker you control deals damage equal to its loyalty to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls.

Rarity: common

Artist: Danny Schwartz

Released: October 2, 2026

Prices

$0.17 USD · $0.26 USD (Foil) · €0.05 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Is Compel Brutality good in Reality Fracture Limited?

In Reality Fracture Limited we rate Compel Brutality B tier — a strong, solid playable. It also placed #3 among green commons in our community set review, with 2 of 4 reviewers picking it.

Ratings come from the draft tier list for Reality Fracture and from reviews submitted by players in the Limited set review. This set has 4 community reviews so far — treat the community placement as an early signal, not a settled verdict.

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Compel Brutality in Reality Fracture limited

common

Greenhouse Propagator
Greenhouse Propagator
Creature — Cat Druid

Greenhouse Propagator is a mana dork that can tap to add mana, making it a useful creature to pump with Compel Brutality and use to fight an opponent's creature or planeswalker.

 Rampart Hunter
Rampart Hunter
Creature — Horror

Rampart Hunter has deathtouch and can grant deathtouch to another creature, making Compel Brutality's fight-like effect lethal against almost any target when used with a deathtouching creature.

 Arcane Amphisbaena
Arcane Amphisbaena
Creature — Snake

Arcane Amphisbaena has deathtouch, so using Compel Brutality to have it deal its power as damage to an opponent's creature will destroy that creature regardless of toughness.

uncommon

Vigorbloom Charm
Vigorbloom Charm
Instant

Vigorbloom Charm can put a +1/+1 counter on a creature and then have it fight a target, which is functionally similar to Compel Brutality and can be used in the same turn to maximize damage output.

mythic

Hexhaven Invigorator
Hexhaven Invigorator
Creature — Chimera Horror

Hexhaven Invigorator has vigilance and can grow very large via its landfall-like damage trigger, making it an excellent target for Compel Brutality to destroy even the biggest opposing creatures or planeswalkers.

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