---
name: "Baxter, Fly in the Ointment"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Insect Mutant Scientist"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TMC"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal"
collector_number: "10"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michele Giorgi"
oracle_id: "94551fbd-a72c-4a1f-be01-7ba1c7c03eed"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/baxter-fly-in-the-ointment-tmc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Insect Mutant Scientist
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever Baxter enters or attacks, each creature you control with a counter on it gains flying until end of turn.
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Baxter.

> *„Was ist aus mir geworden? Ich bin ein Nichts! EIN MONSTER! Niemand wird mich je wieder als Wissenschaftler ernst nehmen!"*

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC) #10
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michele Giorgi
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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