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Stonework Packbeast

Artifact Creature — Beast

Stonework Packbeast is also a Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.
{2}: Add one mana of any color.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Zendikar Rising
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#13968
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Stonework Packbeast card art
Stonework Packbeast is a mana rock on legs — it taps for one of any color while also being a creature, which matters more than it sounds when commanders like Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher or The Destined Warrior care about the creature count or want bodies that pull double duty. The cost is real: three mana for a 2/1 with no immediate board impact is a hard sell in any optimized shell.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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The Destined Warrior

The Destined Warrior

12.0% of decks · synergy 0.12

The Destined Warrior cares about having creatures available to sacrifice or swing, and Stonework Packbeast answers both asks — it fixes mana in the early game and converts into a sacrifice outlet fodder or attacker once the mana is no longer needed.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Stonework Packbeast occupies a narrow lane: five-color or heavily multicolor decks on a strict budget that need creature-typed mana fixing and can't afford the premier options. Pauper is the format where it sees the most legitimate consideration, since the pool of common-legal mana fixers is shallow and a three-drop that taps for any color has real competition only from worse cards. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, Stonework Packbeast is functionally invisible — the formats move faster than a 3-mana 2/1 can justify, and artifact mana at this rate doesn't clear the bar anywhere outside a dedicated Party or creature-type synergy shell.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Stonework Packbeast is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not buying it as a deliberate purchase. It won't appreciate; it's a Limited common that found a niche rather than a card with sustained competitive demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.