Biogenic Ooze
Creature — Ooze
When this creature enters, create a 2/2 green Ooze creature token.
At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each Ooze you control.
: Create a 2/2 green Ooze creature token.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance Promos
- Price
- $5.26
- EDHREC rank
- #8073
Biogenic Ooze enters as a 2/2, immediately makes a 2/2, then turns every subsequent Ooze — including those it generates each upkeep — into a board-wide pump trigger. Pair it with Intruder Alarm and a free mana outlet and the upkeep loop becomes a kill condition; slot it into Aeve, Progenitor Ooze and the token count gets out of hand before opponents can answer.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze is the natural home — every storm copy of Aeve is an Ooze, which means Biogenic Ooze's triggered pump fires repeatedly in the same turn, turning a modest storm count into lethal stats.
The Mimeoplasm
The Mimeoplasm can exile Biogenic Ooze from a graveyard to enter as a massive Ooze-typed body, and the +1/+1 counter synergies across a Sultai pile make the static anthem and upkeep token relevant even when Biogenic Ooze isn't on the battlefield itself.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Biogenic Ooze actually lives — five mana is a reasonable ask in a 40-life format, and the upkeep trigger compounds over a long game in a way that one-on-one formats punish. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too fragile at sorcery speed; a five-mana creature that doesn't win the turn it resolves rarely survives long enough to generate meaningful value in those environments. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power ceiling to make the card irrelevant before it matters. Oathbreaker is the one alternative format where Biogenic Ooze can function, specifically in a green token signature-spell shell, but the card still wants a slower, more forgiving table to reach its ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Intruder AlarmBiogenic Ooze
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Slime Against Humanity and Scute Swarm both go wider for less mana, though neither pumps the team the way Biogenic Ooze does on each token entry. If the self-contained anthem effect is what you're after rather than raw token count, Tendershoot Dryad is a near-direct functional parallel at a similar or lower price point depending on the market — the trade-off is losing the Ooze tribal tag, which matters specifically in Aeve decks.
Price Context
Current price
$5.26 mid tier
At $5.26, Biogenic Ooze sits in the mid tier — not a budget inclusion, but not a significant barrier either. It's a casual-demand card with a narrow tribal home, so the price is stable rather than climbing; expect it to stay in the $4–6 range without a reprint pushing it lower.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Intruder Alarm
- Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
- The Mimeoplasm
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.