First printed in Battlebond (2018)
Legendary Creature — Illusion
Partner with Pir, Imaginative Rascal (When this creature enters, target player may put Pir into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Toothy.
When Toothy leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.
1/1
- Illustrated by
- Zoltan Boros
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (12)
- If a spell or ability causes you to put cards in your hand without specifically using the word "draw," Toothy's middle ability won't trigger.
- Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional
the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from one of them, not from both of them combined. Command Beacon's effect puts one into your hand from the command zone, not both.
- The triggered ability of the "partner with" keyword still triggers in a Commander game. If your other commander has somehow ended up in your library, you can find it. You can also target another player who might have that card in their library.
- If you draw multiple cards, Toothy's middle ability triggers that many times. If your team also controls Pir, each of those resolving triggered abilities puts two +1/+1 counters on Toothy.
- If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Khorvath and Sylvia are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with red and/or white in their color identity, but not blue, black, or green.
- The second ability represented by the "partner with [name]" keyword modifies the rules for deck construction in the Commander variant and has no function outside of that variant. If a legendary creature card with "partner with [name]" is designated as your commander, the named legendary creature card can also be designated as your commander. For more information on the Commander variant, please visit Wizards.com/Commander.
- "Partner with [name]" represents two abilities. The first is a triggered ability: "When this permanent enters the battlefield, target player may search their library for a card named [name], reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle their library."
- Note that the target player searches their library (which may be affected by effects such as that of Stranglehold) and that the card they find is revealed, even though these words aren't included in the ability's reminder text.
- If enough -1/-1 counters are put on Toothy at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got any -1/-1 counters will be used to determine how many cards you draw. For example, if there are two +1/+1 counters on Toothy and it gets three -1/-1 counters, you'll draw two cards.
- To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability (featured in the Magic: The Gathering—Commander™ (2016 Edition) set) or corresponding "partner with" abilities as the game begins. A creature with a "partner with" ability can't partner with any creature other than its designated partner. Losing a partner ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.
- Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards of your deck are shuffled to become your library.
- An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
Prices
MTGO price: 5.08 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
41 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite draw triggers…: Mind Over Matter + O'aka, Traveling Merchant + Toothy, Imaginary Friend
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Cloud Key + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Toothy, Imaginary Friend
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Jhoira's Familiar + Sensei's Divining Top + Toothy, Imaginary Friend
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Etherium Sculptor + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Toothy, Imaginary Friend
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Glaring Fleshraker + Sensei's Divining Top + Toothy, Imaginary Friend
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Lyse Hext + Sensei's Divining Top + Toothy, Imaginary Friend
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Foundry Inspector + Sensei's Divining Top + Toothy, Imaginary Friend
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Helm of Awakening + Sensei's Divining Top + Toothy, Imaginary Friend
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Geist of Saint Thalia + Sensei's Divining Top + Toothy, Imaginary Friend
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Iron Lad, Young Avenger + Sensei's Divining Top + Toothy, Imaginary Friend