Penregon Strongbull is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
, Sacrifice an artifact: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Complete guide
Penregon Strongbull is a powerful Minotaur from the Brothers' War expansion that turns your spare artifacts into direct damage and temporary buffs. This creature serves as an excellent sacrifice outlet in decks that generate numerous tokens or rely on death triggers. By trading physical machinery for raw power, you can close out games while growing your board presence.
Converting Scraps to Damage
Penregon Strongbull features an activated ability that costs one generic mana and the sacrifice of an artifact. Every time you activate this, two things happen: the Strongbull gains +1/+1 until the end of the turn, and it deals 1 damage to each opponent. Because this is an activated ability, you can use it as many times as you have the mana and artifacts to pay the cost, even at instant speed.
The Step-by-Step Resolution
First, you announce the activation and pay one generic mana while sacrificing an artifact. The ability is then placed on the stack. Once it resolves, the +1/+1 buff and the 1 damage to each opponent happen simultaneously as part of the same effect. If you activate this multiple times, each instance resolves separately, meaning the creature's power and toughness grow incrementally while the damage is dealt in chunks of 1.
Timing and Strategy
The best time to use Penregon Strongbull is during your combat phase after blockers are declared or during your opponent's end step to whittle down their life total. Since the sacrifice is part of the cost, your opponents cannot respond to the sacrifice itself to stop the ability from being activated. However, they can respond to the ability on the stack with a removal spell; if the Strongbull leaves the battlefield before the ability resolves, it will still deal 1 damage to each opponent, but the +1/+1 buff will have no creature to apply to.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumWith both on the battlefield, you pay one mana and sacrifice Solemn Simulacrum to Penregon Strongbull's ability. The Strongbull gets +1/+1 and deals 1 damage to each opponent. Simultaneously, the 'dies' trigger of Solemn Simulacrum goes on the stack, allowing you to draw a card. You have successfully turned a spent utility creature into damage, a buff, and a fresh card.
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Minotaur' chosen as the creature type, it's important to note how it interacts with Penregon Strongbull. Because the Strongbull's ability is an activated ability (indicated by the colon ':') and not a triggered ability (starting with 'when', 'whenever', or 'at'), Roaming Throne will not cause the damage or the buff to happen an additional time. However, Roaming Throne is an artifact creature, meaning you can sacrifice the Throne itself to the Strongbull to trigger the +1/+1 buff and the 1 damage in a pinch.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Penregon Strongbull
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Penregon Strongbull + Runed Stalactite
- 1Activate Penregon Strongbull by paying and sacrificing an artifact, dealing 1 damage to each opponent and giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- 2Malcolm triggers for each opponent dealt damage this way, creating that many Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Penregon Strongbull + Maskwood Nexus
- 1Activate Penregon Strongbull by paying and sacrificing an artifact, dealing 1 damage to each opponent and giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- 2Malcolm triggers for each opponent dealt damage this way, creating that many Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Penregon Strongbull + Artificial Evolution
- 1Cast Artificial Evolution by paying
, changing all instances of "Pirate" on Malcolm to "Minotaur" until end of turn. - 2Activate Penregon Strongbull by paying and sacrificing an artifact, dealing 1 damage to each opponent and giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- 3Malcolm triggers for each opponent dealt damage this way, creating that many Treasure tokens.
- 4Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Penregon Strongbull + Arcane Adaptation
- 1Activate Penregon Strongbull by paying and sacrificing an artifact, dealing 1 damage to each opponent and giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- 2Malcolm triggers for each opponent dealt damage this way, creating that many Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Penregon Strongbull + Xenograft
- 1Activate Penregon Strongbull by paying and sacrificing an artifact, dealing 1 damage to each opponent and giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- 2Malcolm triggers for each opponent dealt damage this way, creating that many Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Penregon Strongbull + Conspiracy
- 1Activate Penregon Strongbull by paying and sacrificing an artifact, dealing 1 damage to each opponent and giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- 2Malcolm triggers for each opponent dealt damage this way, creating that many Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
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