Family's Favor
Enchantment
Whenever you attack, put a shield counter on target attacking creature. Until end of turn, it gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, remove a shield counter from it. If you do, draw a card." (If a creature with a shield counter on it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8051
Family's Favor turns counters into card advantage — whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it attacks, you may pay a mana and sacrifice the Favor to draw a card, making it a cheap one-shot draw spell that rewards the counters deck you're already building. In Me, the Immortal shells, where counters pile up fast, that's a reliable cycle effect rather than a dead enchantment.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Me, the Immortal
Me, the Immortal generates +1/+1 counters at a pace that makes Family's Favor trivially easy to trigger, turning a one-mana enchantment into guaranteed card draw the moment you swing.
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale rewards aggressive attack triggers, and Family's Favor slots cleanly into that axis — counters from combat-step payoffs let you cash in the Favor for a card without sacrificing any board pressure.
Falco Spara, Pactweaver
Falco Spara, Pactweaver already wants every creature loaded with +1/+1 counters for its own card draw engine, so Family's Favor is a redundant draw piece that fires off the same combat triggers Falco is already incentivizing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Family's Favor is a Commander card through and through — the enchantment's payoff scales with wide, counter-heavy boards that take several turns to develop, which is exactly the pace of a 100-card multiplayer game. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, the effect is far too slow and conditional to compete; one-mana enchantments need to do something immediately in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Family's Favor could pull real weight, particularly in counters-matter builds that can assemble the condition reliably by turn three or four.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Family's Favor isn't available in the index, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow role as a synergy piece in counters-matter Commander decks, it's unlikely to carry a premium — expect bulk-rare territory unless demand from Me, the Immortal builds has pushed it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Me, the Immortal
- Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.