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Ooze Flux

Enchantment

{1}{G}, Remove one or more +1/+1 counters from among creatures you control: Create an X/X green Ooze creature token, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters removed this way.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Gatecrash
Price
$0.29
EDHREC rank
#15588
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Ooze Flux card art
Ooze Flux converts +1/+1 counters into a stream of Ooze tokens on demand, and commanders like Sigil Captain or Aeve, Progenitor Ooze turn that stream into a board that ends games. The cost is real — four mana to land and one green per activation adds up fast — but in the right shell it's a repeatable token engine that opponents have to answer.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze

Aeve, Progenitor Ooze

19.2% of decks · synergy 0.19

Aeve, Progenitor Ooze enters loaded with +1/+1 counters equal to the number of Oozes you control, and Ooze Flux immediately cashes those counters back in for more Oozes — a feedback loop that compounds every time Aeve storms off again.

02
The Mimeoplasm

The Mimeoplasm

8.0% of decks · synergy 0.08

The Mimeoplasm enters with a pile of +1/+1 counters by design, giving Ooze Flux an immediate target without any additional setup, and the Sultai card pool supplies the proliferate and graveyard recursion needed to keep the engine running.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Ooze Flux is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have never given it a second look — four mana for a do-nothing enchantment is a liability when the game is decided by turn four. Commander is the only format where Ooze Flux earns its slot, specifically in counter-heavy or Ooze-tribal shells that can activate it repeatedly over a long game. Outside those builds, even in Commander, it sits too far from the core gameplan to justify the inclusion.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.29 bulk tier

At $0.29, Ooze Flux is bulk — grab a copy without thinking about it. Niche tribal enchantments at this price point don't spike unless a new commander makes the interaction impossible to ignore, so treat it as a cheap pickup for the right deck and nothing more.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.