Strength of the Pack
Sorcery
Put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #18036
Strength of the Pack puts a +1/+1 counter on every creature you control whenever one of your creatures dies — at five mana, it turns board wipes and sacrifice synergies into a mass pump effect that compounds over a single turn. It's a payoff card for go-wide token and sacrifice strategies, not a standalone threat.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Strength of the Pack is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander — the multiplayer battlefield provides enough sacrifice fodder and death triggers to make the five-mana enchantment pay off over a full game. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, five mana for a conditional pump effect is too slow against the removal density and game speed those formats demand. Pioneer is slightly friendlier to midrange permanents, but there are simply better payoffs at that cost. In Oathbreaker, its viability depends entirely on whether your signature spell or planeswalker incentivizes creature deaths — possible, but niche.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Strength of the Pack sits firmly in bulk territory — it costs less than a sleeve. Bulk enchantments at this price point rarely spike without a Standard-legal reprint driving demand, and this card isn't Standard-legal, so expect it to stay right here.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.