Mephitic Ooze
Creature — Ooze
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. The creature can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.49
- EDHREC rank
- #24307
Mephitic Ooze turns your poison counter count into a P/T stat, threatening lethal infect damage the moment you've landed a few counters on opponents. The cost is that it does nothing in a vacuum — zero poison counters means a 0/0 that dies immediately.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Mephitic Ooze actually has a home, specifically in infect or proliferate builds that can guarantee poison counters hit opponents early. The Ooze scales with every counter on every opponent, so a multiplayer board where you've spread poison wide can push it to absurd size fast. In Legacy, Modern, or Vintage it's a non-starter — infect strategies there want consistency and speed, and a creature that depends on poison already being on the stack is miles behind Glistener Elf or Blighted Agent.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.49 bulk tier
At $0.49, Mephitic Ooze is deep bulk — the price reflects narrow playability, not a sleeper waiting to pop. It holds that floor comfortably because the demand ceiling is low, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.