Legendary Creature — Ooze

Aeve, Progenitor Ooze

Mana value5EDHREC#7,708

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The Commander

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. Copies become tokens.)

Aeve isn't legendary if it's a token.

Aeve enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other Ooze you control.

Guide

Gameplan

Cast cheap spells to build storm count, then drop Aeve to flood the board with non-legendary Ooze tokens that buff each other via counters. Spend the early game ramping and developing cantrips/cheap spells, then go off in a single explosive turn or grind out an Ooze tribal army that overwhelms with counters and trample.

Strengths

Can create a massive, instantly-threatening board from one card via Storm
Each Aeve token enters bigger as your Ooze count grows, snowballing fast
Mono-green gives access to elite ramp and resilient creatures
Token swarm plays well with anthems, doublers, and counter synergies

Weaknesses

Heavily reliant on the commander; a single board wipe undoes everything
Storm count is hard to build meaningfully in mono-green without rituals or cantrips
Color-locked out of card draw and interaction beyond green's limited toolkit
Telegraphed combo turn invites targeted removal and counterspells

Key Cards

Doubling Season — Doubles both the +1/+1 counters Aeve enters with and any tokens you make, supercharging the army.
Cathars' Crusade — Each Ooze token triggers it, piling counters across the whole board for an explosive swing.
Trumpeter Snail — Adds Storm to your other creature spells, multiplying tokens and your storm count engine.
Heroic Intervention — Cheap mono-green protection that shields your fragile token board from wraths and removal.
Hardened Scales — Adds extra counters every time Aeve and its copies enter, making each token oversized.
Craterhoof Behemoth — Turns a wide Ooze board into a lethal alpha strike in a single attack.

Upgrade Path

Add ritual and cantrip density (Wild Growth effects, cheap mana dorks, and free spells) to reliably build storm count before casting Aeve. Layer in payoff doublers like Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, and Hardened Scales, plus untappers and extra-cast effects to go off in one turn. Round out with protection (Heroic Intervention, Tyvar's Stand) and a hard finisher like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede so your board converts to a kill immediately.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Overwhelming Ooze swarm reinforced by counters and anthems for combat damage
▸Craterhoof Behemoth or Overrun-style finisher off a wide board
▸Cathars' Crusade and counter doublers creating unstoppable trampling threats

Archetypes

Tokens — Aeve's Storm copies flood the board with Ooze tokens that scale with your creature count.
+1/+1 Counters — Aeve enters with counters per Ooze, rewarding counter doublers and proliferate.
Tribal Aggro — Stacks Ooze lords and anthems to turn a token swarm into a beatdown force.
Combo — Storm payoffs plus mana doublers and untappers enable explosive single-turn boards.