Card
Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
Mana cost {X}{G}{G}
Legendary Creature — Ooze Mutant 2/3
Trample Activated abilities of artifact tokens you control cost {1} less to activate. When Mutagen Man enters, create X Mutagen tokens. (They're artifacts with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Part of 12 known combos, one of them two-card. 4 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · TMT · #124
- Cheapest printing
- €1.53
- EDHREC salt
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- Color identity
- Green
- Keywords
- Trample
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Mechanized Production
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Mechanized Production
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Mechanized Production (none of them early)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
12 known combos, one of them two-card.
- Mutagen Man, Living Ooze + Mechanized Production
Produces: Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
View on Commander Spellbook - Sam, Loyal Attendant + Mutagen Man, Living Ooze + Peregrin Took + Camellia, the Seedmiser
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite Food tokens, Infinite card draw
View on Commander Spellbook - Lonis, Genetics Expert + Donatello, the Brains + Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
Produces: Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
Mutagen tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one is a colorless artifact with the artifact subtype Mutagen and the ability "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery." - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
Some spells and abilities that create Mutagen tokens require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Mutagen token won't be created. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
Mutagen Man's second ability can cause the mana component of the cost to activate an ability of an artifact token to be {0}.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast