Outmuscle
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control, then it fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Adamant — If at least three green mana was spent to cast this spell, the creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.
Combos with Outmuscle
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Apex Altisaur Infinite
- Infinite damage to most creatures
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
8 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2019-10-04
If an effect allows you to cast a spell without paying its mana cost, you can't choose to cast it and pay unless another rule or effect allows you to cast that spell for a cost. Similarly, you can't waive a cost reduction unless that effect says you may.
- 2019-10-04
Adamant effects check what mana was actually spent to cast a spell. If an effect allows you to spend mana “as though it were mana” of any color or type, that allows you to spend mana you couldn't otherwise spend, but it doesn't change what mana you spent to cast the spell.
- 2019-10-04
If you copy a spell that has an adamant ability, no mana was spent to cast the copy at all, so that ability won't apply.
- 2019-10-04
You can't cast Outmuscle unless you choose both a creature you control and a creature you don't control as targets.
- 2019-10-04
Because state-based actions don't destroy a creature with lethal damage marked on it until a player would receive priority, gaining indestructible from Outmuscle will save your creature if it's dealt lethal damage in the fight.
- 2019-10-04
If an instant or sorcery spell has an adamant ability, you perform the spell's instructions in order. You don't perform the adamant instruction before the spell resolves or before any other effects printed above it.
- 2019-10-04
If either target is an illegal target as Outmuscle tries to resolve, neither creature will deal or be dealt damage.
- 2019-10-04
If the creature you control is an illegal target as Outmuscle tries to resolve, no creature gets a +1/+1 counter. If that creature is a legal target but the creature you don't control isn't, it still gets a +1/+1 counter and gains indestructible if appropriate.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Outmuscle, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betor, Ancestor's Voice | 1 | 0 | — |
| Gishath, Sun's Avatar | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Abzan 1 deck
- Naya 1 deck
Outmuscle price history
The Throne of Eldraine #170 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.27 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.27 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.27 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.27 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.24 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.25 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.26 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.26 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.27 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.27 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Outmuscle
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.07
- Normal
- $0.09
- Foil
- $0.27
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Outmuscle. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
