Aura Mutation
Aura Mutation: Instant, Starter Commander Decks. Destroy target enchantment. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {G}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White and green (WG)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
- Released
- 2022-12-02
- Collector number
- 217
- Artist
- Olivier Bernard
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About Aura Mutation
Aura Mutation is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and green instant from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 217 in that set, with art by Olivier Bernard. It costs {G}{W} (one white and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Invasion (2000) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.09 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Destroy target enchantment. Create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is that enchantment's mana value.
"Nature has a way of adapting to and overcoming any force that seeks its end." -Vivien Reid
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.09 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Aura Mutation by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Aura Mutation
Aura Mutation has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #328 | Rare | 2022 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #180 | Rare | 2016 |
| Invasion (INV) #232 | Rare | 2000 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Aura Mutation.
- This spell doesn't resolve and you get no Saprolings if the enchantment is an illegal target on resolution.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a white and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.