Is Masked Meower good in Commander?

Masked Meower in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Masked Meower enters as a 2/2 that immediately produces a Cat token, giving you two bodies for one card — the kind of baseline efficiency that slots cleanly into any token or +1/+1 counter shell. The ceiling jumps with Solemnity or alongside Ajani, Nacatl Pariah, where the enters-the-battlefield trigger becomes a reliable engine piece rather than a one-time bonus.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Ajani, Nacatl Pariah

14.1% of decks · synergy 0.14

Ajani, Nacatl Pariah wants a critical mass of Cats to flip and fuel its planeswalker side, and Masked Meower delivers two bodies on a single cast — exactly the kind of redundant token production that makes the flip condition consistent and the subsequent loyalty-ability engine actually threatening.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	legal
vintage	legal
pauper	legal
oathbreaker	legal

In Commander, Masked Meower is a role-player in Cat tribal and token-doubler decks rather than a staple, but it earns its slot anywhere that cares about entering-the-battlefield triggers or a specific Cat creature type. Competitive 60-card formats are unlikely to reach for it — two mana for a 2/2 plus a 1/1 token is fine but doesn't clear the bar in Modern or Pioneer, where the power density requirement is higher. In Standard it's a legitimate limited filler piece and occasionally a playable in aggressive white creature strategies that want cheap tribal synergies. Pauper may be the format most willing to experiment with Masked Meower given how much that format rewards cheap two-for-ones, though dedicated Cat support there is thin.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1 decks

Solemnity Luminous BroodmothMasked Meower

Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Infinite rummaging; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers

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Zimone, Mystery Unraveler Yedora, Grave GardenerMasked Meower

Infinite self-discard triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Infinite rummaging; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite landfall triggers; Near-infinite green mana

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MortuaryMasked MeowerCauldron of EssenceBolas's Citadel

Infinite draw triggers; Infinite rummaging; Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite storm count

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MortuaryMasked MeowerCauldron of EssenceGwenom, Remorseless

Infinite draw triggers; Infinite rummaging; Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite storm count

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Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Masked Meower is pure bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price tier rarely appreciate unless a new commander or mechanic suddenly demands them en masse, so treat it as a cheap include, not a spec.