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Pir, Imaginative Rascal

Legendary Creature — Human

Partner with Toothy, Imaginary Friend (When this creature enters, target player may put Toothy into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
If one or more counters would be put on a permanent your team controls, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that permanent instead.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Battlebond Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#5484
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Pir, Imaginative Rascal card art
Pir, Imaginative Rascal puts an extra counter on every counter that would be placed on a permanent you control — doubling the output of anything from +1/+1 counters to loyalty, charge counters, and even the wound counters Vigor redirects damage into. Two mana for that effect is a steal; the real cost is the two-card dependency on Toothy, Imaginary Friend to unlock the draw trigger.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Carth the Lion

Carth the Lion

46.7% of decks · synergy 0.46

Carth the Lion's ability to place an additional loyalty counter on planeswalkers every turn stacks directly with Pir, Imaginative Rascal, meaning planeswalkers enter with more loyalty and tick up faster — ultimates arrive several turns ahead of schedule.

02
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres

Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres

13.1% of decks · synergy 0.12

Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres triggers off proliferate, and Pir, Imaginative Rascal turns every counter placed through those proliferate chains into a doubled payout, compounding the engine every single activation.

03
Zimone, Paradox Sculptor

Zimone, Paradox Sculptor

9.6% of decks · synergy 0.09

Zimone, Paradox Sculptor accumulates lore counters and cares deeply about doubling up on them, making Pir, Imaginative Rascal a natural fit that accelerates Zimone's ability to fire her triggered abilities ahead of the expected schedule.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Pir, Imaginative Rascal is actually played — the effect is powerful but narrow, and 60-card formats legal for it (Legacy, Vintage) have no interest in a 2/2 that needs board presence to do anything. In Commander, Pir slots into any green-blue deck that cares about counters at all, not just dedicated counter-doubler builds. Oathbreaker is a legal home worth noting if your spellbook revolves around a planeswalker, since the loyalty amplification is immediate and oppressive at that lower starting life total.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data isn't available for Pir, Imaginative Rascal, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its Commander-only appeal and the fact that it's been printed more than once, it has historically sat in budget territory — worth picking up whenever you're building anything counter-centric.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.