Primordial Ooze
Chronicles 54 • uncommon
- Set
- Chronicles
- Collector number
- 54
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Sandra Everingham
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
This creature attacks each combat if able.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Then you may pay X mana, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. If you don't, tap this creature and it deals X damage to you.
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
Primordial Ooze was originally released in the 1994 Legends expansion for Magic: The Gathering and was subsequently reprinted in the 1995 Chronicles set. The card was designed during an era when the game's mechanics were rapidly evolving, specifically utilizing a cumulative upkeep cost that penalized players for keeping the creature on the board over multiple turns, reflecting the card's theme of an unstable, growing mass.
The artwork for the card was illustrated by Quinton Hoover. Known for his distinctive, painterly style that often leaned into high fantasy and surrealism, Hoover intended the illustration to capture a chaotic, bubbling entity. The card remains a notable piece of early Magic history, often discussed by long-term collectors for its unique mechanical tension and the nostalgic aesthetic characteristic of the game's foundational years.
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