Mutagen Man, Living 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
Trample Activated abilities of artifact tokens you control costless to activate. When Mutagen Man enters, create X Mutagen tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.")
How it works : Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Mutagen Man's second ability can cause the mana component of the cost to activate an ability of an artifact token to be
.Card named in this ruling
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Mutagen tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one is a colorless artifact with the artifact subtype Mutagen and the ability "
, , Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery."Card named in this ruling
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Some spells and abilities that create Mutagen tokens require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Mutagen token won't be created.
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Popular combos
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Mutagen Man, Living Ooze + Mechanized Production
- 1Cast Mutagen Man by paying
minus for each Mutagen you control. - 2When Mutagen Man enters, it triggers, creating a number of Mutagen tokens.
- 3At the beginning of your next upkeep, Mechanized Production triggers, creating a copy of the artifact it's attached to and causing you to win the game.
Sam, Loyal Attendant + Mutagen Man, Living Ooze + Peregrin Took + Camellia, the Seedmiser
- 1Activate a Food by paying (due to Sam and Mutagen Man) and tapping it.
- 2Camellia triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token and a Food token due to Peregrin Took.
- 3Resolve the Food ability, causing you to gain 3 life.
- 4Repeat.
Lonis, Genetics Expert + Donatello, the Brains + Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
- 1Activate a Mutagen by paying due to Mutagen Man, tapping and sacrificing it, putting a +1/+1 counter on Lonis.
- 2Lonis' second ability triggers, creating a Clue and a Mutagen token due to Donatello.
- 3Repeat.
Donatello, the Brains + Mutagen Man, Living Ooze + Scurry Oak
- 1Put a +1/+1 counter on Scurry Oak.
- 2Scurry Oak triggers, creating a creature token and a Mutagen token due to Donatello.
- 3Activate the Mutagen by paying due to Mutagen Man, tapping and sacrificing it, putting a +1/+1 counter on Scurry Oak.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Donatello, the Brains + Mutagen Man, Living Ooze + Herd Baloth
- 1Put a +1/+1 counter on Herd Baloth.
- 2Herd Baloth triggers, creating a creature token and a Mutagen token due to Donatello.
- 3Activate the Mutagen by paying due to Mutagen Man, tapping and sacrificing it, putting a +1/+1 counter on Herd Baloth.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Mutagen Man, Living Ooze + Basalt Monolith + Chrome Dome
- 1Activate Chrome Dome by paying
, creating a token copy of Basalt Monolith. - 2Activate the Basalt Monolith token's first ability by tapping it, adding
. - 3Activate the Basalt Monolith token's second ability by paying
due to Mutagen Man, untapping it. - 4Repeat from step 2.
Mutagen Man, Living Ooze + Basalt Monolith + Cogwork Assembler
- 1Activate Cogwork Assembler by paying
, creating a token copy of Basalt Monolith. - 2Activate the Basalt Monolith token's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 3Activate the Basalt Monolith token's second ability by paying due to Mutagen Man, untapping it.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Donatello, the Brains + Summoning Station + Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
- 1Activate Summoning Station by tapping it, creating a 2/2 Pincher creature token and a Mutagen token due to Donatello.
- 2Activate the Mutagen by paying due to Mutagen Man, tapping and sacrificing it.
- 3Summoning Station triggers, untapping it.
- 4Resolve the Mutagen ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- 5Repeat.
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