Exotic Pets
Instant
Create two 1/1 blue Fish creature tokens with "This token can't be blocked." Then for each kind of counter among creatures you control, put a counter of that kind on either of those tokens.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #16289
Exotic Pets puts two 2/2 creature tokens with different creature types onto the battlefield — raw material for go-wide strategies, sacrifice outlets, and combo engines like Breath of Fury. The catch is the random element on token typing, but in practice the variance rarely matters when Soundwave, Sonic Spy is turning every token into a loot trigger.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Soundwave, Sonic Spy
Soundwave, Sonic Spy draws a card whenever a creature with a new creature type enters under your control, and Exotic Pets guarantees two distinct types on one card — so a single cast nets two triggers before you've done anything else.
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 |
Exotic Pets is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in the non-rotating formats is essentially zero — three mana for two 2/2 tokens is well below rate for 60-card formats where efficiency is everything. Commander is where Exotic Pets actually earns its slot, specifically in token-synergy and creature-type-matters builds that can extract extra value from the two distinct types it produces. Outside of those shells, it's filler — the token count is real but the rate doesn't justify a slot unless your commander rewards the setup.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Breath of FurySpellbinderExotic PetsMass Hysteria
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste
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Breath of FurySpellbinderExotic PetsUrabrask the Hidden
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste
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Breath of FurySpellbinderExotic PetsFervor
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Exotic Pets is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a throw-in or from a common box. Bulk rares this narrow rarely appreciate unless a future card creates a strong type-token engine around them, so buy it if you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Breath of Fury
- Soundwave, Sonic Spy
- Spellbinder
- Mass Hysteria
- Urabrask the Hidden
- Fervor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.