Pack's Disdain
Instant
Choose a creature type. Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each permanent of the chosen type you control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19295
Pack's Disdain exiles a creature with power less than or equal to the number of creatures you control — scaling removal that gets more permissive the wider your board runs. At one mana with the right board state, it handles threats that cost five times as much to cast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pack's Disdain is best in token-heavy go-wide strategies where the power threshold hits double digits by turn four or five, making it functionally unconditional exile removal for a single mana. Outside of that archetype, the conditional scaling makes it inconsistent — thin boards leave it stranded against anything above a 3/3. In Pauper, where the format rewards efficient commons and creature counts stay lower, the scaling rarely reaches the point where it outcompetes straightforward removal like Disfigure or Victim of Night. Legacy and Vintage have access to better unconditional options at the same cost, so Pack's Disdain doesn't compete there. Run it where your strategy is explicitly built around wide creature counts; everywhere else, reach for something less conditional.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Pack's Disdain is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a commons box. Bulk go-wide staples like this rarely climb without a breakout Standard printing, and with no Standard legality, expect the price to stay flat.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.