Trusty Packbeast
Creature — Beast
When this creature enters, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #19456
Trusty Packbeast is a five-mana 3/3 that returns an Equipment from your graveyard to your hand when it enters — a modest body with a narrow upside stapled to a slow clock. The effect is real only if your Equipment is already in the bin, and at five mana you're competing with payoffs that would close the game instead.
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 |
Trusty Packbeast doesn't see meaningful play in any competitive format — five mana for a 3/3 with a conditional triggered ability is below rate everywhere. In Commander, Equipment-focused decks like Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale or Galea, Kindler of Hope have better recursion options that either cost less or do more. Pauper is the one context where Trusty Packbeast is technically legal and the card pool is shallow enough that budget Equipment lists might glance at it, but even there the mana cost is punishing. Across Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, it simply doesn't clear the bar.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Trusty Packbeast is deep bulk — you'll find it in common boxes at your local shop for a dime or less. There's no pressure on that price to move in either direction; niche Equipment recursion at this cost doesn't generate demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.