Anthroplasm
Creature — Shapeshifter
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, 
: Remove all +1/+1 counters from this creature and put X +1/+1 counters on it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.56
- EDHREC rank
- #25225
Anthroplasm enters with X +1/+1 counters and can dump all its counters to grow as large as you need it on any given turn — the payoff is real, but the cost is that it resets to a 0/0 afterward. In Mairsil, the Pretender decks, none of that matters: Mairsil cages the ability and uses it without caring about Anthroplasm's own body, turning a fragile creature into a functionally unlimited power/toughness modifier.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mairsil, the Pretender
Mairsil, the Pretender runs Anthroplasm in 16% of decks because caging it lets Mairsil set his own power and toughness to any number by paying the X activation — combine that with a free-tap ability like Horseshoe Crab and Mairsil becomes an arbitrarily large threat without ever needing the Anthroplasm body to survive.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Anthroplasm sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage — legal in both, but too slow and too conditional to matter in formats defined by speed and efficiency. Commander is the only home where it earns a slot, and even there it's narrowly played: outside of Mairsil, the Pretender, Anthroplasm offers little that a better-statted creature or a more resilient counter-synergy piece doesn't do more cleanly. Oathbreaker is legal but faces the same problem — the card wants a specific cage-based engine to justify inclusion, and most Oathbreaker builds won't provide that context.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.56 bulk tier
At $0.56, Anthroplasm sits firmly in bulk territory, which tracks with its single-commander demand. It's a low-risk pickup if you're building Mairsil, the Pretender, but don't expect the price to move — supply is deep and the audience is narrow.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mairsil, the Pretender
- Sage of Hours
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.