Flow of Maggots
Creature — Insect
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
This creature can't be blocked by non-Wall creatures.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.75
- EDHREC rank
- #28295
Flow of Maggots is a 2/2 for two black mana with protection from green and white — a relevant evasion package in Commander where green and white represent the most common blockers and removal suites. It's a cheap, reliable body that punishes creature-heavy metas built around those colors.
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 |
Flow of Maggots is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially zero Legacy or Vintage play — those formats have threats that make a 2/2 with protection irrelevant. In Commander, it occupies a narrow but real role: decks that want cheap black bodies with built-in evasion against the format's dominant colors will find Flow of Maggots punches through where a vanilla two-drop would not. Green and white together represent the majority of creature-based blockers and targeted removal in the average pod, so protection from both is more live here than almost anywhere else.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.75 bulk tier
At $0.75, Flow of Maggots sits in bulk territory — easy to acquire and easy to cut without regret. The price is unlikely to move without a reprint or a breakout Commander list that treats evasive black two-drops as a premium, neither of which seems imminent.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.