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Sally Pride, Lioness Leader

TMT · rare · Released 2026-03-06

Power

brawl
tier-2tier-1Game-defining
commander
tier-2tier-1Game-defining

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

incremental

minor value alone

synergy

wants support

takes over

can take over a game

rigid

one mode

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
tokens-go-wideplus-one-counterscounters-voltron
negative:
voltroncontrolcombo

Roles

token-producercounter-produceretb-triggerattack-triggermass-pumpaggressive-creature

Risks

requires-creature-densityslow-setupattack-trigger-only

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:
catmutant
anti:

Structural

triggered-ability

Rationale

Sally Pride is a 5cmc token generator that scales with the number of nontoken creatures on board, then pumps the whole team each attack via +1/+1 counters — a strong go-wide payoff in creature-dense white shells. Signature in tokens-go-wide and counters-voltron (mass counter distribution synergizes with both anthems and voltron-style scaling), but requires board presence to deliver meaningful ETB value and needs to attack repeatedly to accrue counter value. Purely white (WW pip is manageable) and locks into a creature-heavy battleplan.

Learnings (3)

  • Sally Pride's ETB token count counts only nontoken creatures you control at the moment she enters, so boards wiped down to tokens before she resolves yield zero Mutants — timing her entry after a rebuild is critical.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The 2/2 red Mutant tokens she creates are themselves nontoken creatures from that point forward, so subsequent ETB triggers (flicker loops) count previously created Mutants only if they are your own non-ETB-created creatures — standard token-nontoken distinction applies.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • Her attack trigger puts +1/+1 counters on ALL creatures you control including tokens, making her synergize strongly with counter-doublers like Doubling Season or Hardened Scales even in a tokens shell.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #14,327