Erratic Mutation
Planar Chaos 41 • common
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Collector number
- 41
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Choose target creature. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. That creature gets +X/-X until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value. Put all cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Erratic Mutation was released in 2007 as part of the Planar Chaos expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed around the concept of alternate realities, exploring what might have happened had the game’s color pie and history evolved differently. Within this context, the card represents a blue-aligned version of a chaotic, transformative effect that would more traditionally appear in red, emphasizing the set's theme of color-shifted mechanics.
The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, a long-time contributor to the game known for his atmospheric and moody style. Staples was tasked with depicting the chaotic instability inherent to the card's effect, focusing on the visual representation of sudden, unpredictable biological shifting. Upon its release, the card was received as a flavorful, albeit niche, utility spell, appreciated primarily for its unique place in the experimental design space of the Planar Chaos set.
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