Spontaneous Mutation
Eldritch Moon 74 • common
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Collector number
- 74
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Christopher Moeller
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -X/-0, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Spontaneous Mutation was released in 2016 as part of the Eldritch Moon expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the gothic horror-inspired plane of Innistrad, the card reflects the set's central narrative arc involving the corruption of the landscape and its inhabitants by the Eldrazi titan Emrakul. Mechanically, the card serves as an aura that weakens a creature, embodying the chaotic and transformative nature of the mutagenic influence spreading across the world.
The artwork was illustrated by Chase Stone, who worked to capture the visceral, body-horror aesthetic characteristic of the Eldritch Moon visual style. Stone’s design emphasizes the distortion of biology, utilizing a color palette and fluid shapes to suggest the unpredictable evolution caused by the plane's cosmic infection. Upon release, the card was integrated into the game's broader blue-aligned manipulation mechanics, noted by players for its thematic resonance with the set's overarching story of biological decay.
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