---
name: "Pentavus"
mana_cost: "{7}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Construct"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "CM2"
set_name: "Commander Anthology Volume II"
collector_number: "209"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "1c0d4f28-2494-45b0-acb8-921fee602c01"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pentavus-cm2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pentavus
- **Mana Cost:** `{7}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Construct

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.
{1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Create a 1/1 colorless Pentavite artifact creature token with flying.
{1}, Sacrifice a Pentavite: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tetravus](/printing/tetravus-me4.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
2. [Hexavus](/printing/hexavus-brc.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
3. [Thopter Squadron](/printing/thopter-squadron-tpr.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
4. [Hangarback Walker](/printing/hangarback-walker-soc.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
5. [Triskelavus](/printing/triskelavus-cm2.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Marketback Walker](/printing/marketback-walker-dft.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #209
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Greg Staples

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2011-09-22)* You can sacrifice any Pentavite creature you control (such as an Adaptive Automaton with Pentavite as its chosen type) to activate Pentavus’s second activated ability, not just ones created by Pentavus’s other abilities.
- *(2011-09-22)* You can remove any +1/+1 counter on Pentavus to activate its first activated ability, not just ones created by Pentavus’s other abilities.