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◇ Catalog #261

Primordial Ooze

5ed·#261·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Randy Gallegos

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.26+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.27 · low $0.25

NM$0.26

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.24–$0.27modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.29low $0.22range 31.8%n 48

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #25,540 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.26

Gameplay

Creature — Ooze

This creature attacks each combat if able. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Then you may pay {X}, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. If you don't, tap this creature and it deals X damage to you.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

It becomes tapped even if the damage is prevented.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.26. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.22 and $0.29 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 5ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #261 of *Fifth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1997 Fifth Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Ooze, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {R} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #25,540 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Randy Gallegos. Rarix catalogs 746 other cards credited to this artist.