Pacesetter Paragon
Creature — Human Pilot
Exhaust — 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains double strike until end of turn. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #25594
Pacesetter Paragon enters with a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control that has a counter on it — a wide-board pump that scales with how deep you're already in the counter game. The three-mana cost is fair for the effect, but this card earns its slot only if you're consistently running a counter-heavy engine.
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 |
In Commander, Pacesetter Paragon slots naturally into any counter-based strategy — Atraxa, Praetors' Voice and similar proliferate shells can trigger the bonus across a full board of evolve creatures, modular artifacts, or +1/+1 synergies. Outside of EDH, Pacesetter Paragon is legal across Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, and Vintage, but those formats demand tighter efficiency; a three-mana do-nothing-if-your-board-is-bare creature won't make competitive cuts. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — valid home if the planeswalker you've built around generates counters naturally.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Pacesetter Paragon is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up in a trade binder without thinking. That price isn't going anywhere; counter-synergy creatures at three mana have no shortage of competition, so demand stays low.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.