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Mutagen Man, Living Ooze

Mutagen Man, Living Ooze

Legendary Creature — Ooze Mutant

Mutagen Man wants a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them. It also works in a deck built around Mutants or Oozes.

  • Mana costXgreengreen
  • Green ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 3
  • RarityRare

Trample

Activated abilities of artifact tokens you control cost 1 generic less to activate.

When Mutagen Man enters, create X Mutagen tokens. (They're artifacts with "1 generic, tap, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.")

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Archetypes
Themes
  • Mutants
  • Oozes

Cards That Fit Mutagen Man, Living Ooze

Picked for what they do in Mutagen Man's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Mutagen Man's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Mutagen Man, Living Ooze

explain how Mutagen Man works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

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.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

Mutagen Man's second ability can cause the mana component of the cost to activate an ability of an artifact token to be {0}.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

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."

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

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.

4 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Mutagen Man, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryGPlayers write colors as letters: G for green.TokensToken decks fill the battlefield with small creatures made by their cards, then attack with all of them or make them all bigger at once. A token is a creature (or other object) that a card creates, not a card from your deck.Open the Tokens pageToken EngineMakes tokens again and again rather than once. A token is a creature or other permanent created by a card, with no card of its own. Something that makes one token gives you a body; something that makes them every turn gives you a board you can keep rebuilding after it is cleared. Grave Titan, Bitterblossom, OphiomancerOpen the Token Engine pageToken MakerCreates one or more tokens. Different cards make very different ones: creatures Grave Titan, Treasures Smothering Tithe, Clues Tireless Tracker or Food Gilded Goose. This is one of our largest tags, so pair it with an archetype or theme when you are hunting a specific kind.Open the Token Maker pageCost ModificationChanges what a spell costs to cast: cheaper for you, or more expensive for everyone. It is the broad family; Cost Reducer and Spell Tax say which direction a given card goes. Herald's Horn, Foundry InspectorOpen the Cost Modification page