---
name: "The Ooze"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "TMT"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
collector_number: "177"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Gabriel Tanko"
oracle_id: "82a6fa6f-13c2-4ea3-bec2-c51b56b2783b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-ooze-tmt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Ooze
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it leaves the battlefield, create a Mutagen token for each +1/+1 counter on it. (A Mutagen token is an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.")
{T}: Exile target card from a graveyard. Create a Mutagen token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mutagen Man, Living Ooze](/printing/mutagen-man-living-ooze-tmt.md) — Legendary Creature — Ooze Mutant
2. [Ooze Flux](/printing/ooze-flux-gtc.md) — Enchantment
3. [Ooze Spill](/printing/ooze-spill-tmt.md) — Instant
4. [Oozeavite](/printing/oozeavite-unk.md) — Creature — Ooze
5. [Scavenging Ooze](/printing/scavenging-ooze-m21.md) — Creature — Ooze
6. [Ooze Patrol](/printing/ooze-patrol-dft.md) — Creature — Ooze

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) #177
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Gabriel Tanko
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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