Pollywog Symbiote
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Frog
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 3
- Set
- Magic Online Promos #80931 (uncommon)
Each creature spell you cast costs {1} less to cast if it has mutate.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, if it has mutate, draw a card, then discard a card.
Pollywog Symbiote has 3 printings, first in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020). EDHREC ranks it #9,230 among Commander cards. It appears most in Otrimi, the Ever-Playful decks (3,075 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Pollywog Symbiote most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Otrimi, the Ever-Playful: 3,075 decks
- Illuna, Apex of Wishes: 2,451 decks
- Vadrok, Apex of Thunder: 975 decks
- Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief: 969 decks
- Brokkos, Apex of Forever: 803 decks
- Cromat: 509 decks
- Jegantha, the Wellspring: 272 decks
- Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa: 216 decks
Often played with Pollywog Symbiote
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Pollywog Symbiote’s first ability applies to creature spells you cast that have mutate even if you don’t cast them for their mutate cost. Similarly, its second ability triggers even if the creature spell with mutate was cast for a cost other than its mutate cost.
- : Effects that reduce the generic mana cost of a spell (such as that of Pollywog Symbiote) can’t reduce that spell’s colored mana requirements.
- : Players can cast spells and activate abilities after the triggered ability resolves but before the spell that caused it to trigger does.
- : You draw a card and discard a card all while Pollywog Symbiote’s ability is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.
- : An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.