Primal Empathy
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}{U}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths #200 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.18 USD
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you control a creature with the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
Primal Empathy has 3 printings, first in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020). EDHREC ranks it #8,060 among Commander cards. It appears most in Otrimi, the Ever-Playful decks (908 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Primal Empathy
- Arcane Maelstrom - Commander 2020, led by Kalamax, the Stormsire
- Bedecked Brokers - New Capenna Commander, led by Perrie, the Pulverizer
- Quantum Quandrix - Commander 2021, led by Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Commanders that run Primal Empathy most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Otrimi, the Ever-Playful: 908 decks
- Ezuri, Claw of Progress: 809 decks
- Adrix and Nev, Twincasters: 621 decks
- Me, the Immortal: 550 decks
- Perrie, the Pulverizer: 516 decks
- Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied: 413 decks
- Experiment Kraj: 405 decks
- Illuna, Apex of Wishes: 373 decks
Often played with Primal Empathy
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you control no creatures, you do nothing as Primal Empathy's ability resolves. If there are no creatures on the battlefield at all, you don't draw a card.
- : If the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield is shared by a creature you control and a creature you don't control, you draw a card.
- : If you don't control a creature with the greatest power, you choose which creature gets a +1/+1 counter while the ability is resolving. Players can't take actions in between the time you make this choice and the time that creature has a +1/+1 counter.
- : You determine whether you draw a card or put a +1/+1 counter only as Primal Empathy's triggered ability begins resolving. Players may respond to the ability to try to change which happens.