Comforting Counsel

Secrets of Strixhaven #143

Type: Enchantment

Mana cost: {1}{G}

Card text: Whenever you gain life, put a growth counter on this enchantment. As long as there are five or more growth counters on this enchantment, creatures you control get +3/+3.

Rarity: rare

Artist: Chris Rahn

"In the grief that followed the Invasion, Willowdusk's office turned into an unofficial hideaway for overwhelmed students."

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.33 USD · $0.37 USD (Foil) · €0.19 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Comforting Counsel in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Efflorescence

Instant

Gains life to add counters to Comforting Counsel while also putting counters on creatures, accelerating your path to the five-counter threshold.

Mindful Biomancer

Creature — Dryad Druid

Gains life when it enters to add a counter to Comforting Counsel, and benefits greatly from the +3/+3 buff once the enchantment is active.

Pest Mascot

Creature — Pest Ape

Gains life whenever you gain life to trigger Comforting Counsel, creating a synergistic loop where lifegain adds counters and grows your creatures.

uncommon

Lumaret's Favor

Instant

Gains life with Infusion to add counters to Comforting Counsel, and the +2/+4 buff stacks with the enchantment's eventual +3/+3 for massive creatures.

rare

Blech, Loafing Pest

Legendary Creature — Pest

Triggers whenever you gain life to grow your creatures while also adding counters to Comforting Counsel, creating a powerful lifegain engine that benefits both cards.

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