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Scute Mob

Magic: The GatheringCommander 2018#161

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Magic: The Gathering

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Commander 2018C18 · #161

Card type: Creature — Insect
Rarity: Rare
Indicative price: 0.30 € · 0.72 $
Mana value: 1
Power: 1
Toughness: 1
Colour: Green

Card text

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control five or more lands, put four +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PennyLegal
PredhLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Card language: English
Release date: 2018-08-10

Flavour text

"Survival rule 781: There are always more scute bugs." —Zurdi, goblin shortcutter

Rulings

2009-10-01

Scute Mob’s ability has an “intervening ‘if’ clause.” That means (1) the ability won’t trigger at all unless you control five or more lands as your upkeep starts, and (2) the ability will do nothing if you control fewer than five lands by the time it resolves.