Card
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
Mana cost {1}{R}{G}{W}
Legendary Creature — Fox Shaman 4/3
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on target creature. That creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less this turn.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 3 known combos. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · MOC · #1
- Cheapest printing
- €0.33
- EDHREC salt
- 0.67
- Color identity
- Green, Red, White
- Keywords
- Backup
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
3 known combos.
- Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener + Crystalline Crawler + Aggravated Assault
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat phases
View on Commander Spellbook - Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener + Crystalline Crawler + Hellkite Charger
Produces: Infinite combat phases, Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite colored mana
View on Commander Spellbook - Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener + Crystalline Crawler
Produces: Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite colored mana
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
If a backup ability causes another creature to gain abilities, the creature with backup will still have those abilities. - 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
The abilities that backup grants to the target creature are determined only once, at the time the ability triggers. They won’t change if the permanent with backup loses any abilities before the backup ability resolves. - 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
Backup confers only abilities that are actually printed below it. Any abilities that are gained by the permanent are ignored, including abilities gained due to a resolving spell or ability or copy effects. - 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a card with a backup ability or a token is created that is a copy of that card, the order of the printed abilities is maintained. - 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
If a backup ability targets the creature with backup, that creature will get +1/+1 counters, but it won’t gain additional abilities.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast