Pridemalkin
Creature — Cat
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #4308
Pridemalkin enters as a 3/3 with trample and immediately grants trample to another creature you control — that's two trample-bearers for three mana, which is the whole pitch. In Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener and similar counters-matter shells, that immediate board presence plus keyword distribution makes Pridemalkin a reliable role-player, not a flex slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener distributes +1/+1 counters on attack, and Pridemalkin turns those pumped creatures into trample threats the moment it enters — nearly half of all Bright-Palm decks run it for exactly that reason.
Sovereign Okinec Ahau
Sovereign Okinec Ahau's pump triggers stack fast, and Pridemalkin ensures those newly large creatures actually punch through blockers rather than getting chump-blocked into irrelevance.
Arahbo, Roar of the World
Arahbo, Roar of the World makes individual cats enormous, and Pridemalkin is a Cat that immediately hands trample to whichever creature Arahbo just buffed — the tribal and keyword synergy land simultaneously.
Rin and Seri, Inseparable
Rin and Seri, Inseparable rewards running both Cats and Dogs, and Pridemalkin slots in as a Cat that pulls double duty by giving the token swarm a way to get damage past any chump-blocker wall.
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar cares about counters and combat, and Pridemalkin's entry-point trample grant means the creatures Kutzil pumps can immediately threaten unblockable-style damage totals.
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 |
Pridemalkin is a Commander card — full stop. In 60-card formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, a three-mana 3/3 that grants trample is simply too slow and too small to compete with the threats and interaction those formats demand. Pauper is its only non-Commander competitive home, and even there it sits on the margins of Cat tribal or go-wide creature builds rather than anchoring anything. In Commander, Pridemalkin earns its slot specifically in Cat tribal and +1/+1 counters decks where the enters-the-battlefield trample grant works as a combat enabler the turn it resolves.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Pridemalkin is firmly bulk — grab it out of a common box or throw it in any order hitting free shipping. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow tribal applications don't appreciate, so buy it to play it, not to hold it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.