Chaotic Goo
Creature — Ooze
This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may flip a coin. If you win the flip, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. If you lose the flip, remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $1.35
- EDHREC rank
- #14893
Chaotic Goo snowballs fast — every heads result on a coin flip stacks another +1/+1 counter, turning a small creature into a legitimate threat within a few turns. Outside of dedicated coin-flip builds like Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom, it's a slow payoff that asks a lot for not enough guarantee.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
Chaotic Goo slots directly into the Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom engine — every flip that doubles Okaun also stacks a counter on the Goo, giving you a second growing threat that demands an answer or closes games on its own.
Yusri, Fortune's Flame
Yusri, Fortune's Flame flips multiple coins per attack, which means Chaotic Goo can accumulate counters rapidly in a single combat step rather than grinding one flip at a time.
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 |
Chaotic Goo is a Commander card through and through — the coin-flip synergy ecosystem it plugs into barely exists outside the format. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but competes for slots against far more efficient threats, and no competitive list wants a three-mana 1/1 that requires favorable variance to get going. Commander is where the card lives, specifically in coin-flip tribal builds where the density of flip effects makes Chaotic Goo's counter accumulation consistent enough to matter. Oathbreaker is the only other sanctioned format where it sees any real consideration, and only in the same coin-flip shells.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.35 cheap tier
At $1.35, Chaotic Goo sits in the cheap tier — low enough that the buy-in is trivial for any coin-flip Commander deck. Its narrow home keeps demand stable but capped, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
- Yusri, Fortune's Flame
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.