---
name: "Bess, Soul Nourisher"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Citizen"
colors: ["G", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "167"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Leonardo Santanna"
oracle_id: "df72b5d6-6f9e-4d6b-acf6-7dec4ff35468"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bess-soul-nourisher-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bess, Soul Nourisher
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Citizen
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with base power and toughness 1/1 enter, put a +1/+1 counter on Bess.
Whenever Bess attacks, each other creature you control with base power and toughness 1/1 gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Bess.

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #167
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Leonardo Santanna
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`