Pack's Favor
Instant
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #25706
Pack's Favor puts three +1/+1 counters on a creature for three mana — solid rate on its own — but the Offspring cost lets you split that effect across two bodies for just one more mana total. It's a role-player, not a bomb, and earns its slot only in decks that specifically want counter distribution across multiple creatures.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pack's Favor fits narrow but real archetypes: Simic or multi-color counters decks that want cheap ways to spread +1/+1 counters across multiple permanents in a single action. Pauper is where it has the most competitive breathing room — common-legal counter synergies are scarce enough that the Offspring flexibility genuinely pulls weight. In Modern and Pioneer it's below the power threshold; three mana for three counters doesn't match what those formats demand, and the Offspring mode costs tempo you can't afford. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely. Pack's Favor is a Pauper and Commander card, and only the right Commander builds at that.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Pack's Favor is deep bulk — a throw-in at any card shop or a near-free pickup in any online order. Bulk commons with narrow applications don't appreciate, so there's no reason to stock up beyond the one or two copies you'd actually run.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.