---
name: "Aplan Mortarium"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Plane — Alfava Metraxis"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Byzantium Radiation", "Vigilance"]
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "568"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Helge C. Balzer"
oracle_id: "7c9d6193-1d50-4035-8c85-98c384f461be"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aplan-mortarium-who"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Aplan Mortarium
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Plane — Alfava Metraxis
- **Keywords:** Byzantium Radiation, Vigilance

## Oracle Text
Byzantium Radiation — At the beginning of your upkeep, put an exposure counter on Aplan Mortarium. Then you lose life equal to the number of exposure counters on it.
Whenever chaos ensues, create two 2/2 black Alien Angel artifact creature tokens with first strike, vigilance, and "Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, this token isn't a creature until end of turn."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mortarion, Daemon Primarch](/printing/mortarion-daemon-primarch-40k.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon Primarch
2. [Alien Invasion](/printing/alien-invasion-msh.md) — Enchantment
3. [Angelic Aberration](/printing/angelic-aberration-m3c.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Angel
4. [Weeping Angel](/printing/weeping-angel-who.md) — Artifact Creature — Alien Angel
5. [Rampage of the Valkyries](/printing/rampage-of-the-valkyries-khm.md) — Enchantment
6. [Mondrak, Glory Dominus](/printing/mondrak-glory-dominus-pone.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #568
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Helge C. Balzer
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`