Gobbling Ooze
Creature — Ooze
, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #19980
Gobbling Ooze eats your own creatures to grow into a threat, trading board presence for a single swelling body. It's a niche role-player — the cost in sacrificed permanents is real, and outside of dedicated sacrifice or Ooze synergy shells like Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, you're rarely happy running it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze floods the board with Ooze tokens on every Storm trigger, giving Gobbling Ooze a renewable food supply that converts disposable copies into a single massive beater without losing ground on the overall gameplan.
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 |
Gobbling Ooze is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play outside Commander. In competitive constructed formats, a six-mana creature that requires additional sacrifices to matter is too slow and too fragile against efficient interaction. Commander is where Gobbling Ooze finds its only real home, specifically in Ooze-tribal or sacrifice-value decks that generate enough expendable creatures to justify the engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Gobbling Ooze is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'll pay for it. That price is stable by default: niche tribal pickups rarely spike unless a new pushed Ooze commander drives sudden demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.