Frilled Oculus
Creature — Homunculus
: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #30083
Frilled Oculus is a 1/4 for two mana that can pump to a 4/1 for one blue — a decent blocker that can turn sideways when the moment calls for it. The activation cost keeps it playable but not powerful, and it won't make the cut in most competitive lists.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Frilled Oculus is a bulk common whose best home is Pauper, where cheap blue creatures with flexible stats see real consideration — the 1/4 defensive body into a surprise 4/1 attacker pattern is at least a functional role-player in tempo or tempo-adjacent shells. In Commander, a two-mana creature that does nothing until you pay more mana is too low-impact to justify a slot; the format's card quality ceiling makes this a cut well before the 99 is full. Across Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, it simply doesn't compete — there are strictly better options at every point on the curve for any archetype that would want a cheap blue creature.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Frilled Oculus is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. Price stability is a non-issue because there's no demand pressure that would move it in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.