Scavenging Ooze laughs at Lhurgoyf decks all day long.
scumbling1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
A new green EDH staple. Get yours now while the price is somewhat reasonable. Withered Wretch was almost ubiquitous amongst black decks; imagine one that also kicks your opponent's head in!
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(8 votes)
Dang That Is Some Trippy Art, See u lata vengevine, demigod, ichoroid, genesis, hells thunder
TPmanW
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This is one of those cards that you read and say, "that's pretty good". Then you read it again and say, "Wow!". Then your opponent points out to you the bit you missed and you go, "H@(y $h1t that's a good card!". And it is. It's an awesome card.
Mattmedia
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Rune Bears are never great in EDH, but one that can gain life, grow into a total monster and remove cards from graveyards is ridiculous. Green staple for EDH.
ROBRAM89
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Pushes the limits of what you can put on a 2/2 for 1G very skillfully.
EDH staple, really? It looks good enough, but personally, I think it's a bit bland for EDH. Sure, it weeds stuff out of the discard now and then, but you're almost always pressured to choose creatures instead of spells they might be more capable of getting back. Good green card no doubt, but I just don't think it's high-impact enough to be a staple.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@Dr.Pingas Its instant speed. You wait until their end step or respond to what they target. Unless you want to stompy in for the kill I guess
Kitty_the_Kat
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I don't think I would ever swing with this guy unless my opponent was tapped out, otherwise I'm just letting him sit back, eating people's graveyards and disrupting graveyard based EDH decks. all the while gaining me back a little life. That is until someone decides to kill him.
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Commander continues the proud Wizards tradition of printing one new Dredge hoser per release :)
Splizer
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
This is absolutely worth it. I faced Ghave against The Mimeoplasm once, and between this and Necrogenesis, Mr. Mimeoplasm lost his appeal.
Total graveyard hoser, and that's why we love our ooze :D (Not in that way)
Arachibutyrophobia
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
what do you mean, this thing is like $15...hopefully they'll reprint it or something.
private_vendetta
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I could totally see this reprinted in Dark Ascencion or Roll. The card fits into the graveyard themed set, especially in the green part of caring about creatures in the graveyard. Also there is a +1/+1 theme settled in white and green. So lets hope this will see a reprint!
cryion
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
annihilates tarmogoyf
Okuu-chan
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I only now realized that this card is extremely powerful.
It's also oddly...cute. For an ooze.
EpicBroccoli
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
My god, the utility of this card is giving it play over Tarmogoyf in Legacy.
JaxsonBateman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I hadn't even seen or heard of this card until someone randomly dropped it against me in a BG vs BG match. He dropped it late enough in the game that our graveyards had a fair chunk of creatures in them, and he had enough green mana up to make use of them. The pump would be enough, but in a close game that lifegain can be backbreaking.
bfellow
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Has become the new $40 Legacy staple. Who knew the Secret of the Ooze?
This is a tarmogoyf that hoses reanimator and dredge. What's not to love?
Cygore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I just saw this card is now $38. Fml.
Earthdawn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I was going to say that the ooze is better than goyf since it doesn't need a graveyard to be good, but that's wrong... it does need a graveyard to be a serious threat, but it DOES let you choose what to leave in graveyards. Control (ooze) > dumb beater (goyf).
ANY card that sees play in legacy//vintage I automatically rate .5/5
..|.. >,< ..|..
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If nothing else, it's graveyard hate on a stick. Though it's much more likely to be an efficient beater that happens to hose certain graveyard based decks as well. Nice.
LlanowarEmissary
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
For selfish reasons (seeing as I bit the bullet and shelled out $25 for this dude a few months ago), I don't really want to see a reprint of this card because the value of mine will go down. :P
However, I think logistically-speaking, seeing this card in Standard (and Modern) right now would be an absolute nightmare (but not a Nightmare, heh). There are absolutely no downsides to the Ooze; you can run it in a deck with more than one color, its starting P/T of 2/2 for 2 CMC is solid, and the activated ability is just bonkers considering its broad utility and its cost of just G. With all of the flashback and GY-reliant cards seeing play right now, this thing would just wreck face.
5/5 for all the reasons stated above.
Gheridarigaaz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
... it's a bear. with a nifty ability... ...only 1 green mana for, 1 green life and 1 green +1/+1 counter... ...Very green... It's so green it's got the three Rs written all over it REDUCE their GY targets or the things that make cards like tarmogoyf and snapcaster so useable REUSE that pump-able ability RECYCLE those dead creatures into not one but two things you could always do with more of... power and life
Why have they not printed this before? will they print it again? i hope they do
pedrodyl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Baleful Strix and Scavenging Ooze. Wizards likes to snuck these outrageous guys into their box sets as one-ofs, knowing they would become legacy-staples. It's all a conspiracy, man.
Tybaltic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
By Gatherer standards, this card is equal in power to Exodia, as it combos with both Doubling Season -and- Sanguine Bond .
EGarrett01
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
From a flavor standpoint, should an Ooze EVER have an instant speed ability?
Doaj
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Rumors that it'll be reprinted in M14. That would be crazy. Introducing it to Modern, putting tons more copies into circulation. An awesome card that I'd love to see in a core set. Let's hope those rumors are true.
This card is amazing; a 2/2 for 1G that can become a tank, while also gaining you life and eliminating your opponents GY? Win. So glad he's being reprinted in M14!
5/5 - All day every day.
chainsmoker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
grizzly bear gets 2 new upgrades for the last 2 sets. (skylasher and this. I wonder when will storm crow get his.
Continue
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Now all they need to do is reprint Baleful Strix and Shardless Agent. This guy getting a shot in Standard — hell, in Modern — is huge. Expect this guy to be the all-star of Standard all through Theros block.
Aremath
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Will be reprinted in M14. Say goodbye to Junk Reanimator when this rotates into standard.
Hunter06
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Does way to much for a two drop, this is almost Gofy level busted :/
However, in terms of power, hes obviously a 4.5/5 card
SirLibraryEater
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Precursor to the scavenge mechanic from Return to Ravnica, perhaps?
RiftenBlack
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I would expect a lot of the reanimation strategies and the use of deathrite shaman to be far less relevant in the new standard, and probably Modern, when M14 comes out. And since this is accessible to Modern as well, the price of Deathrite Shaman may finally start to come down.
darkspire91
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Once this hits Standard it'll be real fun to play with Exava on the field
MostlyLost
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
And now Modern Jund is getting ANOTHER toy. Lovely.
Not like I'm complaining. We could always use some new tech against Tarmy, Deathrite, Snappy, the Finks, and the other staples.
StellyBelly
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Opened 3 of these (1 of them foil) in a Sealed Deck Tourni. I top 8ed and in my prize I opened another. Almost quadrupled the entrance fee with just those 4 cards!
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Among other things, Green is a very strong color right now; between Junk decks, Deathrite, and the myriad of awesome G/B kill spells + zoo, it has a home as a main-deckable counter to many decks and an efficient beater even when his best matchups aren't around.
Also, as a huge Ooze nerd, this enables a 2-Drop in ooze tribal!
Any excess mana just gets eaten by this guy. He also doesn't conflict with other oozes, which is nice because many oozes don't work together very well (and most ooze enchantments specify turning a non-ooze into an ooze, or similar.)
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I can't believe how good this is.
Good green card no doubt, but I just don't think it's high-impact enough to be a staple.
Its instant speed. You wait until their end step or respond to what they target. Unless you want to stompy in for the kill I guess
Total graveyard hoser, and that's why we love our ooze :D (Not in that way)
It's also oddly...cute. For an ooze.
..|.. >,< ..|..
However, I think logistically-speaking, seeing this card in Standard (and Modern) right now would be an absolute nightmare (but not a Nightmare, heh). There are absolutely no downsides to the Ooze; you can run it in a deck with more than one color, its starting P/T of 2/2 for 2 CMC is solid, and the activated ability is just bonkers considering its broad utility and its cost of just G. With all of the flashback and GY-reliant cards seeing play right now, this thing would just wreck face.
5/5 for all the reasons stated above.
...only 1 green mana for, 1 green life and 1 green +1/+1 counter...
...Very green...
It's so green it's got the three Rs written all over it
REDUCE their GY targets or the things that make cards like tarmogoyf and snapcaster so useable
REUSE that pump-able ability
RECYCLE those dead creatures into not one but two things you could always do with more of... power and life
Why have they not printed this before? will they print it again? i hope they do
5/5 - All day every day.
However, in terms of power, hes obviously a 4.5/5 card
Not like I'm complaining. We could always use some new tech against Tarmy, Deathrite, Snappy, the Finks, and the other staples.
Also, as a huge Ooze nerd, this enables a 2-Drop in ooze tribal!
T2 - This guy
T3 - Manaplasm or Predator Ooze
T4 - Mwonvuli acid-moss
T5 - Acidic Slime
T6 - Gelatinous Genesis for 3x 3/3 oozes!
Any excess mana just gets eaten by this guy. He also doesn't conflict with other oozes, which is nice because many oozes don't work together very well (and most ooze enchantments specify turning a non-ooze into an ooze, or similar.)