Mabel's Mettle
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Up to one other target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #13615
Mabel's Mettle pumps a creature +2/+2 and gives it trample until end of turn for a single mana — that's a combat trick that pulls real weight. In a Mabel, Heir to Cragflame deck it does double duty as both a finisher and a means to push extra damage through blockers, and the low cost means it rarely strains your mana on the decisive turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame runs Mabel's Mettle in over half of all lists because the spell directly enables her damage-dealing triggers — pump her up, add trample, and suddenly no chump blocker can save the opponent from her ability firing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mabel's Mettle is a Limited-style combat trick that doesn't translate to competitive 60-card formats — in Modern and Pioneer the bar for one-mana instants is set by pump spells that also replace themselves or generate card advantage, and this does neither. Standard offers a more forgiving home, but it still competes against stronger options unless you're building around Mabel, Heir to Cragflame specifically. Commander is where it finds its niche: as a dedicated piece of the Mabel equipment-voltron package, the trample clause matters when your commander is already enormous and needs to punch through a board of tokens.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Mabel's Mettle sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without a second thought. Bulk rares don't hold value, but that's irrelevant here: you're buying it for function, not finance, and the cost is low enough that there's no reason to skip it if the deck calls for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.