---
name: "Mystic Genesis"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "MM3"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2017"
collector_number: "174"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mike Bierek"
oracle_id: "58940a7e-3827-43fa-8bf5-cc88dc295df0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mystic-genesis-mm3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mystic Genesis
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell. Create an X/X green Ooze creature token, where X is that spell's mana value.

> *"The Simic can grow anything out of a puddle of sludge. I just hope they never join forces with the Golgari."
—Teysa Karlov, Grand Envoy of Orzhov*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ooze Spill](/printing/ooze-spill-tmt.md) — Instant
2. [Mana Drain](/printing/mana-drain-prm.md) — Instant
3. [Spell Blast](/printing/spell-blast-4ed.md) — Instant
4. [Essence Backlash](/printing/essence-backlash-rtr.md) — Instant
5. [Summoner's Bane](/printing/summoners-bane-ddm.md) — Instant
6. [Mana Sculpt](/printing/mana-sculpt-psos.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #174
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mike Bierek
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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