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Simic Fluxmage

Creature — Merfolk Wizard2 generic manaBlue mana

Evolve normally builds a creature up and leaves the counters where they fall, a one-way ratchet that ends with one fat body and a stack of +1/+1 counters glued to it. The activated ability here inverts that. Every counter the Fluxmage accumulates becomes mobile inventory: pay 1 generic manaBlue mana, tap, and ship a counter to wherever it does the most work, whether that means pumping an attacker through a blocker, saving a creature from a damage-based sweeper by reshuffling toughness, or seeding counters onto a creature that cares about them. The design tension is deliberate. Evolve wants this card to keep growing; the move ability wants to keep emptying it, and you are left weighing each turn whether the counter is worth more on the Fluxmage's own modest 1/2 frame or somewhere across the board. Because the move is an activated ability rather than a spell, it operates at instant speed: counters can travel in response to removal, in combat after blocks, or to push lethal on the crack-back. The body is a deliberate floor, small enough that nearly anything you play triggers evolve, which keeps the counter supply flowing into a redistribution engine rather than a single oversized threat. It is a humble piece, but it captures a clean idea: counters as a resource you relocate, not a permanent improvement you bank.

Simic Fluxmage (gtc)
GTC · #49uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.12
Foil: $0.45
Oracle Text

Rules text

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) 1 generic manaBlue mana, Tap: Move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto target creature.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
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Modern
Legal
Legacy
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Vintage
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Commander
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Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
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Oathbreaker
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Penny Dreadful
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Duel Commander
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Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
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