Scavenging Ooze
Commander 2016 166 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Collector number
- 166
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Austin Hsu
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
green mana: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.
In nature, not a single bone or scrap of flesh goes to waste.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Scavenging Ooze was originally introduced in the Commander 2011 product line before being reprinted in the Commander 2016 set. Designed as a utility creature for the green color identity, the card focuses on graveyard interaction, allowing players to exile cards to gain life and grow in power. This mechanic made it a staple in various constructed formats, valued for its ability to disrupt strategies reliant on the graveyard while maintaining a relevant board presence.
The art for this specific printing, illustrated by Volkan Baga, captures the creature as a sentient, hulking mass of forest debris and sludge. Baga’s aesthetic leans into a gritty, tactile realism that emphasizes the organic, scavenging nature of the beast. Upon its release, the card was widely received by the community as a quintessential 'hate-bear'—a small, efficiently costed creature that dictates the flow of the game by punishing common opponent tactics.
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