Pentavus
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
This creature enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.
1, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Create a 1/1 colorless Pentavite artifact creature token with flying.
1, Sacrifice a Pentavite: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Combos with Pentavus
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Mana Echoes Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Earthcraft Anointed Procession Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite tapped creature tokens
- Necrosynthesis Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Necrosynthesis Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Necrosynthesis Krark-Clan Ironworks Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Earthcraft Intruder Alarm Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mana basic lands you control can produce
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite untap of creatures
- Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders Intruder Alarm Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite untap of creatures
- Blade of the Bloodchief Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2011-09-22
You can sacrifice any Pentavite creature you control (such as an Adaptive Automaton with Pentavite as its chosen type) to activate Pentavus’s second activated ability, not just ones created by Pentavus’s other abilities.
- 2011-09-22
You can remove any +1/+1 counter on Pentavus to activate its first activated ability, not just ones created by Pentavus’s other abilities.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Pentavus, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter, Cursed Rider | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Dimir 1 deck
Pentavus price history
The Commander Anthology Volume II #209 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.44 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.44 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.41 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.36 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Pentavus
7 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.31
- Normal
- $0.44
- Normal
- $0.25
- Normal
- $0.17
- Foil
- $0.66
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
- Normal
- $0.17
Planechase
- Normal
- $0.66
- Normal
- $0.38
- Foil
- $12.28
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Pentavus. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
