Acidic Slime
Creature — Ooze
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
When this creature enters, destroy target artifact, enchantment, or land.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2013
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #1375
Acidic Slime enters the battlefield and immediately destroys an artifact, enchantment, or land — three permanent types most green decks can't otherwise touch — then sits back as a 2/2 deathtouch blocker that nobody wants to attack into. Five mana is the honest cost, and in Commander where blowing up a Sol Ring or a problematic land is worth a card, you pay it without regret.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Volo, Guide to Monsters
Volo, Guide to Monsters copies every non-Human, non-Wizard creature spell, and Acidic Slime is a Ooze — so casting it under Volo means two enters-the-battlefield triggers, netting two destroyed permanents and two deathtouch bodies for five mana.
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze rewards stacking the deck with Oozes, and Acidic Slime pulls double duty here as both a tribe member and a removal spell that scales with any storm or copy effects the deck generates.
Nikya of the Old Ways
Nikya of the Old Ways locks you into creatures-only, so Acidic Slime is one of the few ways a Nikya deck can answer an artifact or enchantment without breaking the restriction — it's doing the job a noncreature spell would normally handle.
Fynn, the Fangbearer
Fynn, the Fangbearer wins through deathtouch creatures dealing poison counters on combat damage, and Acidic Slime fits cleanly as a deathtouch body that also clears a piece of interaction or a problematic land before it attacks.
Roon of the Hidden Realm
Roon of the Hidden Realm blinks creatures to retrigger enters-the-battlefield effects, and Acidic Slime is one of the best ETB targets in the format — each blink cycle destroys another permanent while the deathtouch body keeps returning to discourage attacks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Acidic Slime earns its reputation — five mana is acceptable in a 40-life format where permanents like Smothering Tithe and Cabal Coffers demand answers that green otherwise lacks, and the deathtouch body has ongoing board presence after the trigger resolves. In Legacy and Vintage, Acidic Slime is legal but never played; five mana for a 2/2 is laughably slow in formats where the game is often decided on turns one through three. Modern is the same story — it's legal but irrelevant, crowded out by cheaper, faster interaction at every point on the curve. Commander and Oathbreaker are its real homes, specifically in creature-centric green strategies that want ETB redundancy or tribal Ooze payoffs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Acidic Slime is bulk — it's been printed enough times that copies are everywhere and the price reflects that saturation. For what it does in Commander, that's exceptional value; few cards at this price point answer three distinct permanent types while contributing a relevant body.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Volo, Guide to Monsters
- Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
- Nikya of the Old Ways
- Fynn, the Fangbearer
- Roon of the Hidden Realm
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.