Pako, Arcane Retriever

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Pako, Arcane Retriever: Legendary Creature - Elemental Dog, Commander 2020. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Creature - Elemental Dog
Colour identity
Red and green (RG)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
13
Artist
Manuel Castañón
Commander rank
19,415 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Haste, Partner, Partner with
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Pako, Arcane Retriever

Pako, Arcane Retriever is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare red and green legendary creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 13 in that set, with art by Manuel Castañón. It costs {3}{R}{G} (three generic, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Commander 2020 is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Partner with Haldan, Avid Arcanist

Haste

Whenever Pako attacks, exile the top card of each player's library and put a fetch counter on each of them. Put a +1/+1 counter on Pako for each noncreature card exiled this way.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.22 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Pako, Arcane Retriever by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Pako, Arcane Retriever.

  • You exile cards and put +1/+1 counters on Pako all while Pako's last ability is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.

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