Aeve, Progenitor Ooze is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. Copies become tokens.) Aeve isn't legendary if it's a token. Aeve enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other Ooze you control.
Complete guide
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze is a unique threat that combines the explosive power of the Storm mechanic with tribal Ooze synergies. By casting multiple spells in a single turn, you can create a massive army of Ooze tokens that grow progressively larger. This card is particularly special because it bypasses the Legend Rule for its tokens, allowing you to maintain a wide board presence.
Storming the Battlefield
When you cast Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, its Storm ability triggers. This counts every spell cast by any player earlier in the turn. The copies are put onto the stack as tokens, and because the card explicitly states that Aeve isn't legendary if it's a token, you won't have to sacrifice any of them. Each copy and the original spell resolve one by one, checking the current number of Oozes you control as they enter the battlefield.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, you cast Aeve, and the Storm trigger goes on the stack. Second, when the trigger resolves, copies are created based on the storm count. Third, the copies resolve individually. As each token enters, it checks how many other Oozes you already control and gains that many +1/+1 counters. Finally, the original Aeve spell resolves, entering with counters based on all the tokens created before it.
Common Mistakes
A common error is thinking that the copies are 'cast'; they are put directly onto the stack, so they don't increase the storm count for subsequent spells. Additionally, remember that while the tokens are not legendary, the original card is. If you find a way to create a non-token copy of the original spell, you would still have to apply the Legend Rule.
When to Play Aeve
Aeve is most effective as the final spell in a long chain. Because its power scales with the number of Oozes already on the board, playing it after a series of low-cost spells ensures that your later tokens and the original card enter as massive threats. Even if the original spell is countered, the Storm trigger has already created the copies, which must be countered individually.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf you cast Solemn Simulacrum and then cast Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, the storm count is 1. One token copy of Aeve is created. The token enters first with 0 counters (assuming no other Oozes are out). Then, the original Aeve resolves and enters with one +1/+1 counter because you now control the one Ooze token.
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Ooze' chosen, it counts as an Ooze. When you cast Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, the first token will enter with one +1/+1 counter because it sees the Roaming Throne. Note that while Roaming Throne doubles triggered abilities of Oozes, Storm is a triggered ability that happens on the stack when you cast the spell, not an ability of a creature on the battlefield, so the Throne does not double the number of Storm copies.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The storm copies enter the battlefield one by one, followed by the original spell. Each of them enters the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of Oozes you control as it enters the battlefield. If you don't control any Oozes at the start, the first one enters with no counters, the second one enters with one counter, and so on.
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- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.
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- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered or otherwise failed to resolve are counted by the storm ability.
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- #4· Wizards of the Coast
A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.
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- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.
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- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell with storm has targets, you may choose new targets for any of the copies. You can make different choices for each copy.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Food Chain
- 1Cast Aeve from the command zone by paying
and commander tax, if applicable. - 2Aeve's storm ability triggers, copying it for each other spell you've cast this turn.
- 3Activate Food Chain by exiling the nontoken Aeve, adding six that can only be spent to cast creature spells.
- 4Choose to have Aeve returned to the command zone instead of being put into exile.
- 5Activate Food Chain by exiling an Aeve token, adding six that can only be spent to cast creature spells.
- 6Repeat step 5 until you have enough mana to cast Aeve from the command zone.
- 7Repeat from step 1.
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Ashnod's Altar + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Cast Aeve from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2Aeve's storm ability triggers, creating a nonlegendary token copy of itself for each spell you've cast previously this turn.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar three times by sacrificing the nontoken Aeve and two Aeve tokens, adding .
- 4Choose to have Aeve returned to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing an Aeve token, adding
. - 6Repeat step 5 until you have enough mana to cast Aeve.
- 7Repeat from step 1.
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Ashnod's Altar + Energy Refractor
- 1Cast Aeve from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2Aeve's storm ability triggers, creating a nonlegendary token copy of itself for each spell you've cast previously this turn.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar three times by sacrificing the nontoken Aeve and two Aeve tokens, adding six .
- 4Choose to have Aeve returned to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 5Activate Energy Refractor three times by paying
, adding . - 6Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing an Aeve token, adding .
- 7Repeat step 6 until you have enough mana to cast Aeve.
- 8Repeat from step 1.
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Ashnod's Altar + Gemstone Array
- 1Cast Aeve from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2Aeve's storm ability triggers, creating a nonlegendary token copy of itself for each spell you've cast previously this turn.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar three times by sacrificing the nontoken Aeve and two Aeve tokens, adding six .
- 4Choose to have Aeve returned to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 5Activate Gemstone Array's first ability three times by paying , putting three charge counter on it.
- 6Activate Gemstone Array's second ability three times by removing three charge counters from it, adding .
- 7Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing an Aeve token, adding .
- 8Repeat step 7 until you have enough mana to cast Aeve.
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Ashnod's Altar + Urn of Godfire
- 1Cast Aeve from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2Aeve's storm ability triggers, creating a nonlegendary token copy of itself for each spell you've cast previously this turn.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar three times by sacrificing the nontoken Aeve and two Aeve tokens, adding six .
- 4Choose to have Aeve returned to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 5Activate Urn of Godfire's first ability three times by paying , adding .
- 6Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing an Aeve token, adding .
- 7Repeat step 6 until you have enough mana to cast Aeve.
- 8Repeat from step 1.
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Ashnod's Altar + Prismite
- 1Cast Aeve from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2Aeve's storm ability triggers, creating a nonlegendary token copy of itself for each spell you've cast previously this turn.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar three times by sacrificing the nontoken Aeve and two Aeve tokens, adding six .
- 4Choose to have Aeve returned to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 5Activate Prismite three times by paying , adding .
- 6Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing an Aeve token, adding .
- 7Repeat step 6 until you have enough mana to cast Aeve.
- 8Repeat from step 1.
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Temur Sabertooth + Mana Echoes + Chromatic Orrery
- 1Activate Chromatic Orrery's first ability by tapping it, adding
. - 2Cast Aeve by paying .
- 3Aeve's storm ability triggers, creating a token copy of Aeve for each spell you've cast before it this turn.
- 4Resolve the first Aeve spell.
- 5Aeve enters the battlefield, triggering Mana Echoes, adding for each Ooze you control.
- 6Repeat from step 4 for each Aeve spell remaining.
- 7Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying , returning the nontoken Aeve from the battlefield to your hand.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Ashnod's Altar + Crossroads Candleguide
- 1Cast Aeve from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2Aeve's storm ability triggers, creating a nonlegendary token copy of itself for each spell you've cast previously this turn.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar three times by sacrificing the nontoken Aeve and two Aeve tokens, adding six .
- 4Choose to have Aeve returned to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 5Activate Crossroads Candleguide three times by paying , adding .
- 6Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing an Aeve token, adding .
- 7Repeat step 6 until you have enough mana to cast Aeve.
- 8Repeat from step 1.
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