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Assault Formationutility$0.38It gives your creatures the same toughness-as-power combat damage ability, while also adding an activated pump ability for defenders. This is the closest direct functional equivalent and is often more flexible because it can affect all creatures regardless of type.Arcades, the Strategistutility$2.69Like Belligerent Brontodon, it turns toughness into damage for your team, but only for walls and adds card draw when they enter or attack. It’s a stronger payoff in dedicated defender decks.Doran, the Siege Towerutility$15.52This classic toughness-matters card makes creatures assign combat damage equal to their toughness instead of power. It affects all creatures on the battlefield, making it an efficient broad version of the effect.Tree of Redemptionutility$1.96Not a team-wide enabler, but it is a toughness-centric combat body that can swing based on toughness in the same kind of defensive shell. It serves as a similar payoff for high-toughness creature strategies.Shield of the Oversoulutility$2.03This is a budget-friendly way to make a creature much more combat-relevant in green-white by boosting toughness and evasion. It doesn’t replicate the exact text, but it supports the same toughness-based attack plan.Huatli, the Sun's Heartutility$0.49It turns creatures' combat damage into toughness damage for your side, which is effectively the same functional role as Belligerent Brontodon. The planeswalker version is cheaper and easier to deploy in some decks.Phenax, God of Deceptionutility$16.49It enables a toughness-based game plan by letting creatures tap to mill using toughness, not power. While not combat-damage text, it is a strong parallel payoff for high-toughness creature decks.Tower Defenseutility$0.25This is a combat trick that makes toughness matter by temporarily boosting it and turning defenders into offensive threats. It’s not a permanent replacement, but it supports the same style of play at a much lower cost.
