Migloz, Maze Crusher
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Beast
Migloz enters with five oil counters on it.
, Remove an oil counter from Migloz: It gains vigilance and menace until end of turn.
, Remove two oil counters from Migloz: It gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
, Remove three oil counters from Migloz: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #15927
Migloz, Maze Crusher lands as a 5/5 with five charge counters and a menu of activated abilities that remove counters to draw cards, destroy artifacts or enchantments, or pump your team — all on a single body that demands an answer. The cost is that every ability drains the counters it runs on, so once the five are spent, you're left with a vanilla 5/5 unless you have ways to reload. Slinza, the Spiked Stampede decks in particular abuse this counter-spending pattern, making Migloz a natural fit wherever counters matter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Slinza, the Spiked Stampede
Slinza, the Spiked Stampede rewards spending and accumulating counters, and Migloz, Maze Crusher arrives pre-loaded with five of them — each activation feeds Slinza's engine while also handling threats or cycling cards, turning a single creature slot into a multi-tool that pulls double duty.
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 |
Commander is where Migloz, Maze Crusher does its best work — five charge counters spread across four activations give it immediate, repeatable utility in a format where artifact and enchantment removal is otherwise a dedicated slot. In Modern and Legacy, a five-mana 5/5 with no immediate board impact and an ability suite that requires untapping competes poorly against faster threats and free interaction; it sees essentially no play in those formats. Pioneer sits in the same boat — the mana cost is fine, but the payoff is too slow against the format's threats. Migloz is legal in Oathbreaker as well, where it can headline a Gruul counters build if you want the flexibility, though the 20-life format makes its pace more tolerable than eternal formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Migloz, Maze Crusher is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a cheap include in a counter-synergy Commander deck. Bulk rares with narrow competitive applications rarely move off the floor, so don't expect the price to climb unless a future set prints a counter-matters shell that makes it a must-run.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.