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Aquamoeba

Creature — Elemental Beast

Discard a card: Switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Vintage Masters
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#16096
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Aquamoeba card art
Aquamoeba is a two-mana 1/3 that swaps its power and toughness whenever you discard a card — cheap to cast, but its real job is enabling discard-payoff loops rather than winning combat. The ceiling is a combo kill with Glint-Horn Buccaneer, where each discard trigger deals damage to each opponent; outside that specific shell, Aquamoeba is a role-player, not a headliner.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Aquamoeba is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive homes are narrow. In Commander it slots into discard-matters builds — Containment Construct, Syr Konrad, or Glint-Horn Buccaneer loops — where the low mana cost and repeatable discard outlet matter more than the body. Pauper is the most realistic competitive context: common-legal discard synergies are scarce enough that Aquamoeba at least earns consideration in fringe madness or graveyard shells. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more powerful discard outlets, so Aquamoeba doesn't make the cut there.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Aquamoeba isn't currently available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow application and low demand outside niche combo lists, it almost certainly sits at bulk or near-bulk — pick up a copy without worrying about the price tag.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.