Untamed Might
Instant
Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #21403
Untamed Might puts X +1/+1 counters on a creature at instant speed for X green mana — the ceiling is whatever mana you can float, which in the right deck means a one-shot kill out of nowhere. It's a finisher disguised as a pump spell, and the only real cost is needing the mana to make it lethal.
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, Untamed Might earns its slot in any green deck that can generate enormous amounts of mana — Selvala, Heart of the Wilds decks and Nyxbloom Ancient shells treat it as a one-card kill on a swung-wide board. Pauper is where it quietly overperforms: the common format's ceiling on mana is lower, but so is the life total game, and instant-speed X-pump closes games that Blossoming Defense can't. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the format speed makes a sorcery-that-isn't-a-sorcery irrelevant when Brainstorm resolves on turn one. For Oathbreaker, the compressed 20-life format makes Untamed Might a genuine threat as early as turn three with the right signature spell pairing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Untamed Might is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not paying for it. That price is stable by definition; there's no meaningful floor left to drop through, and casual demand from green stompy players keeps it from disappearing entirely.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.