Squirrelanoids
Creature — Squirrel Mutant
Deathtouch
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #18971
Squirrelanoids enters as a 2/3 with trample, then grows into two 4/3 tramplers with infect — a three-body payoff stapled to a single card. The catch is the transformation requires two other creatures to mutate onto it, making it a build-around rather than a free inclusion.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Squirrelanoids is a bulk rare in every format it's legal in, and the gap between its ceiling and its ask rarely closes. In Commander, the infect clause on the final form is the one angle worth pursuing — two 4/3 infect tramplers can close out a player from ten poison counters faster than most green threats at this mana investment, but you need a dedicated mutate shell to reliably hit that payoff. In competitive formats like Modern and Pioneer, the setup cost is disqualifying; three creatures and multiple turns to reach the infect payoff is a non-starter when linear strategies operate faster and more consistently. Pauper is the one place where bulk rares simply don't show up, so Squirrelanoids stays on the shelf there too.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Squirrelanoids is deep bulk — the kind of card that sits in a dollar bin rather than a binder. There's no demand driver on the horizon that would move this price, so pick it up freely if a mutate or infect Commander build calls for it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.