Primal Cocoon
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.
When enchanted creature attacks or blocks, sacrifice this Aura.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2011
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #23391
Primal Cocoon slaps a +1/+1 counter on a creature and locks it down with a repeatable untap-prevention clause — all for one green mana. It's a cheap, permanent answer to a single threat, but it does nothing to creatures with tap abilities and gets outclassed fast in any pod running multiple must-answer permanents.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Primal Cocoon fills a niche removal slot for mono-green or green-heavy decks that are otherwise starved for interaction — it's cheap, permanent, and doesn't require targeting on resolution to stick. The catch is that it only neutralizes creatures that need to attack or block to matter, leaving Stax pieces, mana dorks, and activated-ability engines completely online. In Pauper, where commons-only creature-based threats are common and every mana matters, it's a fringe consideration but still outclassed by bounce and hard removal. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a one-for-one that leaves the permanent in play. Primal Cocoon is a Commander card through and through, and even there it belongs only in decks that genuinely cannot access exile or destroy effects.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Primal Cocoon is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that sees narrow play. That price reflects real demand: it won't spike, and picking up a copy costs less than a sleeve.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.