Death Mutation
Commander 2011 192 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2011
- Collector number
- 192
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana black mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. Create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is that creature's mana value.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Death Mutation was released in 2011 as part of the inaugural Commander product line, a series designed specifically to support the burgeoning Commander format. This set introduced unique cards tailored for multiplayer play, focusing on cards that offered board-clearing capabilities or scalable effects, such as the ability to destroy non-land permanents based on their controller's mana values.
The card features an illustration by Nils Hamm, whose signature style often blends biological textures with surreal, organic landscapes. In the context of the Golgari guild's themes of life and death, the artwork aims to capture the grotesque transformation of matter, reflecting the card's mechanical function of purging the board to leave behind parasitic tokens. It remains a notable example of the early design philosophy that defined the identity of the Commander-specific card pool.
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