Permeating Mass
Creature — Spirit
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, that creature becomes a copy of this creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17700
Permeating Mass turns every creature that damages it into a 1/3 Spirit with its own text, snowballing board states into a forest of identical blockers that grind combat to a halt. The effect is real, the cost is a one-mana 1/3 — the catch is that it requires opponents to swing into it rather than around it.
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 |
In Commander, Permeating Mass is a niche defensive piece that punishes go-wide aggro by converting entire attack steps into walls — any deck that wants to tax combat or run a Spirit tribal theme has a legitimate reason to run it. In Legacy and Vintage, the card sees essentially no play; the formats move too fast and too much damage is dealt by non-combat means for a 1/3 blocker to matter. Modern and Pioneer are similar — Permeating Mass is too slow and too conditional against the interaction-dense threats those formats throw out. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in viability: playable in the right shell, irrelevant outside it.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Permeating Mass isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. It's a low-demand card with a narrow use case, so it has historically been cheap — expect bulk or near-bulk pricing unless demand has shifted.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.