Patron of the Wild

In Commander, Patron of the Wild earns its slot in high-volume creature strategies — specifically any deck that plans to cast or generate multiple creatures per turn, where the cumulative counters add up to a meaningful board advantage over a long game. In Pauper it's legal but the competition at one mana is fierce, and a conditional +1/+1 counter on other creatures rarely makes the cut when aggro decks want threats, not payoffs. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but there's no realistic shell where Patron of the Wild is doing work those formats can't accomplish more efficiently elsewhere. Oathbreaker follows similar logic to Commander — small-table formats reward it in creature-flood builds, but the smaller deck size means you can afford more focused pieces.