Mold Adder

Mold Adder

Mana Cost: {G}

Type: Creature — Fungus Snake

Oracle Text:
Whenever an opponent casts a blue or black spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Power/Toughness: 1/1

Rarity: uncommon

Prints: View all prints (1) →

Expansion: Foundations

Price ( USD): $0.11

USD: $0.11 · EUR: €0.17

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Character Background

Mold Adder arrives as a one-drop that thematically evokes a fungus serpent soaking strength from opposing blue and black magic; mechanically it's a cheap, incremental threat that punishes reactive and removal-heavy decks. It best supports aggressive/tempo builds that want a resilient early board presence and a value plan against control—each counter turns a trivial 1/1 into a meaningful attacker or blocker over time. Deckbuilding tips: run it with Hardened Scales or Winding Constrictor to multiply growth, and pair with pump or evasion effects (Rishkar-style counter distributors, Rancor-like equipment) to convert counters into damage. As a flex one- or two-of in the main deck or a three- or four-of in metas dense with blue/black spells, it doubles as soft hate against counterspell-heavy or discard/removal-focused opponents. Be mindful that it’s meta-dependent: against red-white aggro it’s slow, but against control it can snowball by turning every answer into a threat.

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