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$1.51
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Primeval Protector
Creature — Avatar
This spell costs 
less to cast for each creature your opponents control.
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.
The earth shook in support of their cause, offering a champion of its own.
10 / 10
- Set
- Commander 2016 (C16 #23)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 11
- Released
- 2016-11-11
- Artist
- Jaime Jones
- EDHREC rank
- #6,912
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.29
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos 4
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken+Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea+Primeval Protector+Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities of creaturesInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spellsInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
525 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken+Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea+Primeval Protector+Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities of creaturesInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spellsInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
366 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken+Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea+Primeval Protector+Earthquake Dragon
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities of creaturesInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spellsInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
5 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken+Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea+Primeval Protector+Sailors' Bane
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities of creaturesInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spellsInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
2 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Not legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Not legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Not legal
Timeless
Not legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Not legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Not legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2016-11-08
Once a player has announced that they are casting Primeval Protector, no player may take actions to try to change the number of creatures your opponents control in order to increase its cost.
- 2016-11-08
Primeval Protector's ability can't reduce its cost below
.