---
name: "Fractal Tender"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Elf Wizard"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: ["Ward", "Increment"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "190"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Elizabeth Peiró"
oracle_id: "cb45860a-1937-4803-b6d8-331a35be39fd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fractal-tender-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fractal Tender
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Elf Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Ward, Increment

## Oracle Text
Ward {2}
Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
At the beginning of each end step, if you put a counter on this creature this turn, create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token and put three +1/+1 counters on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ambitious Augmenter](/printing/ambitious-augmenter-sos.md) — Creature — Turtle Wizard
2. [Berta, Wise Extrapolator](/printing/berta-wise-extrapolator-sos.md) — Legendary Creature — Frog Druid
3. [Topiary Lecturer](/printing/topiary-lecturer-sos.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
4. [Tester of the Tangential](/printing/tester-of-the-tangential-sos.md) — Creature — Djinn Wizard
5. [Deekah, Fractal Theorist](/printing/deekah-fractal-theorist-soc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Pensive Professor](/printing/pensive-professor-sos.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #190
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Elizabeth Peiró
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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