Pollen Remedy
Instant
Kicker—Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of targets, divided as you choose. If this spell was kicked, prevent the next 6 damage this way instead.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #21266
Pollen Remedy puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control for a single white mana at instant speed — that's a wide board buff that also permanently grows your team. King of the Oathbreakers decks in particular want this effect on the stack at will, and the convoke rider means a populated board can cast it for free.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
King of the Oathbreakers
King of the Oathbreakers builds wide token boards that make Pollen Remedy effectively free to cast via convoke, and the permanent counters compound with the King's own power-scaling effects turn after turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pollen Remedy is a role-player in go-wide white strategies that want instant-speed counter distribution — convoke makes it cheap, and the effect scales with board size. Pauper is where the card earns its keep most in non-Commander formats, since one-mana instant-speed buffs are legitimate in aggressive and token-based shells at that power level. Legacy and Vintage are legal but completely uninterested — the effect isn't close to the power threshold those formats demand. Pollen Remedy is firmly a Commander and Pauper card, and even in Commander it's a build-around inclusion rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Pollen Remedy sits in bulk territory and is unlikely to move — it's a narrow card with a small target audience. Grab a copy freely when building the right deck; there's no financial consideration worth making here.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.