Primordial Ooze
Creature — Ooze
This creature attacks each combat if able.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Then you may pay 
, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. If you don't, tap this creature and it deals X damage to you.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Chronicles Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25577
Primordial Ooze gets bigger every turn for free — the catch is that it must attack each turn it can, and if you don't pay its escalating upkeep cost, it deals its own power to you. In the right shell that forces it to swing into a clear path and keeps the life payment manageable, it's a legitimate threat that snowballs out of hand fast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Primordial Ooze has the most room to breathe — over a long game it can reach double-digit power, and politics or evasion-granting effects let you point it at the right opponent each turn. Legacy and Vintage are both legal formats, but a vanilla-ish beater with a self-damage rider has never had a competitive home there; faster threats and better payoffs push it out immediately. Oathbreaker is legal as well, but the compressed game length limits how large Primordial Ooze realistically gets before the game ends.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Primordial Ooze right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current buylist and retail figures. As a casual-focused card with niche Commander appeal, it typically sits in bulk-rare territory and is unlikely to cost more than a dollar or two.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.