Puffer Extract
Artifact
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: Target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #28309
Puffer Extract puts a repeatable +1/+1 counter engine on the table for three mana — tap it, pay one, proliferate, and any counter-based strategy starts snowballing. The activation cost is trivial enough that Puffer Extract earns a slot anywhere counters matter.
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 |
Commander is where Puffer Extract actually lives — proliferate synergizes with planeswalker loyalty, poison counters, and +1/+1 counter strategies all at once, giving it legitimate flexibility across archetypes. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but a three-mana tap-to-activate artifact has no competitive footing in those formats. Oathbreaker is the other realistic home, particularly in superfriends-style builds where every proliferate tick advances multiple loyalty counters simultaneously.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Puffer Extract is firmly bulk — you're picking it up in a common pile, not making a purchasing decision. Bulk artifacts with narrow-but-real utility tend to stay in this range indefinitely, so there's no urgency and no risk either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.