Pride of the Perfect
Enchantment
Elves you control get +2/+0.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaldheim Commander
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #11667
Pride of the Perfect pumps every Elf you control by the number of Elves in all graveyards — a passive anthem that scales as the game progresses and creatures trade. The cost is real: it requires a critical mass of Elf tribal and graveyard churn to outperform a simpler lord, but in the right shell it routinely outclasses them by turn six. Run it if your deck already wants Abomination of Llanowar; skip it in non-Elf builds entirely.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Abomination of Llanowar
Abomination of Llanowar's power and toughness are set by the number of Elves in your graveyard, and Pride of the Perfect reads that same zone — both cards are measuring the same pile, so Pride converts your graveyard fuel directly into board-wide pressure alongside the commander.
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Lathril, Blade of the Elves needs a wide Elf board to activate its drain ability, and Pride of the Perfect turns every dead Elf from combat or sacrifice loops into a permanent size bonus for that crowd — the more aggressively you swing and lose tokens, the bigger your surviving attackers get.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pride of the Perfect is a Commander card in practice — it requires a dedicated Elf tribal shell with meaningful graveyard accumulation, a condition that takes until mid-game to develop, and multiplayer pods give it the time to get there. In Legacy, legal but irrelevant: Elf builds there close games too fast to need a scaling anthem, and Elvish Archdruid effects do more work in that compressed window. Vintage is the same story — Pride of the Perfect is playable on paper but never sees the table. Commander is where it lives, specifically helmed by Abomination of Llanowar or Lathril, Blade of the Elves, where the graveyard fills naturally and the bonus compounds across a full board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Pride of the Perfect is bulk, and that price is stable — it's a narrow tribal enchantment with no competitive demand pulling it up. Pick up copies freely; there's no urgency and no floor to fall through.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Abomination of Llanowar
- Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.