Hidden Gem here: Riptide Mangler. If you wish to cast the target card, you do so as part of the resolution of Vadrok's ability. Mythos of Brokkos{2}{G}{G}SorceryIf {U}{B} was spent to cast this spell, search your library for a card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle your library.Return up to two permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand. Tentative Connection can target any creature, even one that you already control or that is already untapped. }, Flick Knives offers Flesh and Blood players a deadly new tool for their kit. If Crystalline Resonance becomes a copy of an object with a set of linked abilities (for example, one ability that exiles a card and another that refers to the card "exiled with" the object), that link only lasts as long as Crystalline Resonance is copying that object. Supertypes (such as legendary) and subtypes (such as Ooze) are not. Once you announce that you're casting Of One Mind, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other. The most popular mutate commander thanks to being the face of the mutate commander reconstructed deck, Otrimi, The Ever-Playful is a fantastic mutate commander. You can pay {2} even if Savai Thundermane leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn won't get +2/+1. If your life total is brought to 0 or less at the same time that creatures you control are dealt lethal damage, you lose the game before the last ability goes on the stack. The converted mana cost of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid. If a creature you control with trample is unblocked, the full amount of combat damage it deals to the defending player is counted by Quartzwood Crasher's last ability. Bushmeat Poacher{3}{B}Creature Human Soldier2/4{1}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. Much of the talk Ive seen so far has involved Nethroi, Apex of Death (some it from me) and Illuna, Apex of Wishes, but I suspect that well see some creative builds from the community with the others as well. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn won't get +X/+X. If Chevill leaves the battlefield before that permanent dies, Chevill's last ability won't be around to trigger. The merged creature is a token if its topmost object is a token. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it. Because the activated ability doesn't target the permanent card in your graveyard, you may choose one of the three cards you put there from your library. Parcelbeast offers great value, and a 2/4 with card advantage abilities for is a great deal. Whenever you cast a creature spell, Animar will get a +1/+1 counter and will discount all creatures by one generic mana for each counter Animar, Soul Of Elements has. Unless something else is raising its toughness, the Shark will then immediately die. If Chevill leaves the battlefield at the same time that an opponent's permanent with a bounty counter on it dies, you gain 3 life and draw a card. An Aura put onto the battlefield this way doesn't target anything (so it could be attached to an opponent's permanent with hexproof, for example), but the Aura's enchant ability restricts what it can be attached to. Rooting Moloch gives you permission to play the card as a land or cast it as a spell. Brallin's middle ability deals 1 damage to each opponent even if you can't put a +1/+1 counter on Brallin, most likely because Brallin has left the battlefield. It still has all of the characteristics of the topmost object, which may cause it to be a creature or to not be a creature, and it has all of the abilities of its other cards. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining. 1x Breeding Pool. Click on a non-human creature you own to target it with the mutate creature. Insatiable Hemophage{3}{B}Creature Nightmare3/3Mutate {2}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. Your companion begins the game outside the game. But heres hoping we get some new mutators soon! Mutating with a creature that has inspired would be cool. {B}{R}: Creatures you control with menace get +1/+0 until end of turn. Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor{1}{R}InstantBlitz of the Thunder-Raptor deals damage to target creature or planeswalker equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on. If you choose the second mode for Heartless Act, you choose which counters to remove from the creature, no matter who controls the creature. The requirements of the companion ability apply only to your starting deck. Suffocating Fumes{2}{B}InstantCreatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.). Excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead. Some keyword abilities are activated abilities (such as cycling) and will have colons in their reminder text. We get the chain started with cards like Roaring Primadox and Stampeding Wildebeests, and then get repeated value out of the first two, who trigger when they leave the battlefield. Yannik can be the target of its own reflexive triggered ability. The cards on this list and some of the others with mutate will truly shine when brought together with the potential commanders that also have mutate. )Whenever you discard a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Brallin, Skyshark Rider and it deals 1 damage to each opponent. Exile Emergent Ultimatum. 1x Evolving Wilds. If damage that can be prevented is dealt to Stormwild Capridor at the same time as damage that can't be prevented, it gets +1/+1 counters for the prevented damage before checking to see if it dies from the damage that couldn't be prevented. The merged permanent then has both the creature type and power and toughness of the card on top. If it gains double strike after other creatures have dealt first-strike damage, it won't deal first-strike damage. You may put a Human creature card from among them onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Mindleecher{4}{B}{B}Creature Nightmare5/5Mutate {4}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. If the second target creature can't block the first target creature for any reason (such as being tapped), then it doesn't block. Heartless Act{1}{B}InstantChoose one Destroy target creature with no counters on it. Remove up to three counters from target creature. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Cryptic Trilobite. Mutate it from the command zone onto something coola creature with double strike seems pretty saucyand then if it gets killed, simply let it go to the graveyard instead of the command zoneand no tax. If this happens, then not only the Commander is returned to the Command Zone all the other cards that were mutated with it are returned too! If Exuberant Wolfbear's power or toughness changes later in the turn, the Human isn't affected. You'll still pay all costs for that spell, including additional costs. Vadrok, Apex of Thunder{U}{R}{W}Legendary Creature Elemental Dinosaur Cat3/3Mutate {1}{w/u}{R}{R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. The reflexive triggered ability will still trigger if you discard a nonland card. Escape Protocol's triggered ability goes on the stack without a target. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it. Animar, Soul Of Elements is a fantastic mutate commander as it offers free protection for itself. color: #005586; Oops. Auspicious Starrix{4}{G}Creature Elk Beast6/6Mutate {5}{G} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. Mutate represents this in a game of Magic as your creatures evolve new power, toughness, and effects to grow stronger. If the creature on top of your Mutate pile is a token, then the Mutated Creature is considered a Token. Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a legendary Human you control may become lethal if General's Enforcer leaves the battlefield during that turn. Play Rules/Modifiers. I think mutate is a little too complex for most players. When you do, it deals 6 damage to each creature. What is \newluafunction? This set brings back a popular mechanic that has shown up several times in the past. But if you just throw it in with no additional support, its just some creature that stacks onto a token or something. Now lets move on to the FAQ. The mutation trigger and static sizing is something Mutate shares with Emerge. This lets you ensure you'll be able to keep casting it without having to pay the tax for recasting if it dies. It doesn't trigger once for each such creature, and it doesn't check whether any attacking creatures dealt damage. .decklist-database-area{ You'll still shuffle your library if you haven't cycled Yidaro four times this game. If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield. stuff When you discard a nonland card this way, the reflexive triggered ability triggers and you pick a target to be dealt damage. Jegantha, the Wellspring{4}{r/g}Legendary Creature Elemental Elk5/5Companion No card in your starting deck has more than one of the same mana symbol in its mana cost. This is because the spell doesn't have {X} in its mana cost. Bonders' EnclaveLand{T}: Add {C}. It doesn't trigger if a mutating creature spell becomes a normal creature spell and enters the battlefield. After activating Vivien's last loyalty ability, the delayed triggered ability it creates will put a creature card onto the battlefield before the creature spell that caused the ability to trigger resolves. Nethroi, Apex Of Death can trigger this effect multiple times since green, black, and white generally have the cheapest mutate creatures, and Nethroi's ability triggers whenever it mutates, not just when it's cast. Its controller chooses to put the resolving mutating creature spell on top of its target or underneath it. Furthermore, if you mutated on a creature that entered the battlefield before that turn, the creature would get zero counters from Shaile. You may put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. {2}{W}{U}: Create a 1/1 white Cat Bird creature token with flying. If a spell or ability causes you to put cards into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," it's not a card drawn. Card View Table View Text View Top Commanders New Cards High Synergy Cards Top Cards Creatures Instants Sorceries Put that card onto the battlefield or into your hand. Undying is a keyword that brings dead creatures back to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter if they died without one. Can I tell police to wait and call a lawyer when served with a search warrant? If an effect begins to apply to Crystalline Resonance before it becomes a copy of another permanent, that effect will continue to apply. Yes, you can mutate multiple times on the same permanent. Hopefully that example cleared up some basic questions. If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. Privacy Policy. )TrampleYou may cast Brokkos, Apex of Forever from your graveyard using its mutate ability. When the card returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the card that was exiled. They won't stop the Human you find from entering the battlefield attacking. According to the Comprehensive Rules 702.139b while a mutation is resolving: if its target is illegal, it ceases to be a mutating creature spell and continues resolving as a creature spell. The characteristics of the combined merged creature are copiable. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may cast it once from outside the game. If Jirina is your commander, the number of times you cast it includes the time you cast Jirina just before it entered the battlefield. Is Mutate an Activated Ability or an Alternate Casting Cost? Titan Hunter{4}{B}Creature Human Warrior4/5At the beginning of each player's end step, if no creatures died this turn, Titan Hunter deals 4 damage to that player. The target opponent chooses which of their creatures receives a deathtouch counter. Startling Development{1}{U}InstantUntil end of turn, target creature becomes a blue Serpent with base power and toughness 4/4.Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.). It will still get +1/+3 and a reach counter. )At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token. You won't put a +1/+1 counter on any creature. )Whenever this creature mutates, return target creature card with converted mana cost 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Glademuse{2}{G}Creature Beast2/4Whenever a player casts a spell, if it's not their turn, that player draws a card. But mutate was first mentioned in Unsanctioned on Surgeon ~General~ Commander, which was a funny foreshadowing of the upcoming mechanic. For example, you can't decline to choose a creature a player will keep if that player controls a creature. If you want X to be 3, you pay {6} to cast Cryptic Trilobite. Once you announce that you're casting Gust of Wind, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Voracious Greatshark{3}{U}{U}Creature Shark5/4FlashWhen Voracious Greatshark enters the battlefield, counter target artifact or creature spell. Cunning Nightbonder's last ability doesn't apply to itself while it's a spell. Thanks for reading about the Mutate Mechanic. If the copied card has an ability that defines its power or toughness, that ability isn't copied. If that number is negative, it deals no damage and you gain no life. For example, if it's countered or destroyed, it's put into your graveyard, remaining in the game. Only creatures are Humans. The same is true for counters that change the creature's power or toughness. Spells with flash that you control but didn't cast (perhaps because they're copies of a spell or because you took control of them from another player) can be countered. If its topmost object is a card, it's a nontoken creature, even if it contains a token. Ill examine some of the cards that have mutate, consider how theyll work in the format and pick the ten best of the nonlegendary ones. Command Beacon's effect puts one into your hand from the command zone, not both. It remains revealed outside the game as the game begins. If you discard a card as a cost to cast a spell or activate an ability, Rielle's triggered ability resolves before that spell or ability but after you've chosen targets for it. The value of X is determined only as the triggered ability resolves. This order isn't revealed to other players. If a legendary creature is on top then the creature is legendary and affects other creatures via the legends rule. If Crystalline Giant has one of the listed keywords but not because of a counter of that kind, that kind of counter is still eligible to be chosen at random. You can't move counters from the target creature to itself. If the spell that's copied has damage divided as it was cast, the division can't be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. Play it in a Ninja deck, putting it and whatever you mutated it with back into your hand for runbacks. I might add Luminous Broodmoth to this mix to really get some spice. If Nascent Metamorph becomes a copy of an object with a set of linked abilities (for example, one ability that exiles a card and another that refers to the card "exiled with" the object), that link only lasts as long as Nascent Metamorph is copying that object. How do mutate and ownership rules interact? Youre certainly putting Sawtusk Demolisher on top of a smaller creature, lending its large, tramply body to a small flyer or mana creature, likely one that helped you get to it in the first place. Static abilities, such as that of Glorious Anthem, modify Ravenous Gigantotherium's power before its triggered ability is put onto the stack. That makes it just the kind of thing thats perfect for Commanderthe path to something thought-provoking which isnt immediately obvious. Although the Human is an attacking creature, it was never declared as an attacking creature. Chittering Harvester{5}{B}Creature Nightmare4/6Mutate {4}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. Nightsquad Commando's ability checks only whether you declared an attacking creature during the turn. You may choose zero target creatures for Yannik's reflexive triggered ability. Ikorias new mechanic mutate is full of promise for building compelling Commander decks. Channeled Force deals X damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker. You can't choose different ones. Solid Footing{W}Enchantment AuraFlashEnchant creatureEnchanted creature gets +1/+1.As long as enchanted creature has vigilance, it assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. In this casual, multiplayer format, you choose a legendary creature to serve . If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0. If the cycled card has multiple card types, you stop when you exile a card that shares any of those types. Glowstone Recluse | Illustration by Yeong Hao Han. Yes. Creatures they begin to control later in the turn won't get -1/-1. When you mutate it, if you mutate on top of the token, you will be able to make another token as it will no longer fall under the legendary rule. Mutate has roots in Bestow, Emerge and Augment, acting like an ability-granting Aura spell. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities under it.. What do you think? While resolving Savai Thundermane's triggered ability, you can't pay {2} more than once to have it deal more damage or gain more life. You can cast another permanent spell from your graveyard. "But what happens when it gets blinked?" you ask. If a card in a player's graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. If the target creature is already a merged creature, the mutating creature spell can be put only on top or bottom. Certain variants may have other minimums. RELATED: Top Planeswalkers That Can Be Used as a Commander. Put a trample counter on it. If you exile your entire library without exiling a creature card, you put the library back in a random order and continue. Effects that reduce the generic mana cost of an activation cost can't reduce that cost's colored mana requirements. They aren't legal for play in the Standard, Pioneer, or Modern formats. If the target creature you control has deathtouch, 1 damage from it is lethal. Spend this mana only to activate abilities. In this article, Ill explain everything you need to know about the mechanic, including: Mutate is an alternative casting cost that appears on creatures. You choose the two target permanents as Nesting Grounds's second ability is put onto the stack. You may choose new targets for the copy.Whenever you copy an instant spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Kalamax. Magic: The Gathering, Magic, Ikoria, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance, War of the Spark, Throne of Eldraine, and Theros are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the USA and other countries. and our One goes on top, one on bottomyour choice. The player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. An opponent's spell that targets a single creature with flying you control more than once costs only {2} more to cast. If one player controls more than one Bonder's Ornament, that player draws just one card while resolving its second ability. Simic 444 decks. The mutated creature is considered a single creature, which entered the battlefield this turn. Huntmaster Liger's triggered ability affects only creatures you control at the time it resolves. You can choose either the new one youre adding or the one thats already on top. How does Infinite Reflection work with Commander and commander damage? So I have a creature that is already mutated. Creatures that player controls can still attack you or planeswalkers you control, but the damage they would deal will be prevented.