Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
Baxter, Fly in the Ointment: Legendary Creature - Insect Mutant Scientist, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Insect Mutant Scientist
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC)
- Released
- 2026-03-06
- Collector number
- 10
- Artist
- Michele Giorgi
- Commander rank
- 8,097 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
Baxter, Fly in the Ointment is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary creature from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC), released in March 2026. It is collector number 10 in that set, with art by Michele Giorgi. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever Baxter enters or attacks, each creature you control with a counter on it gains flying until end of turn.
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Baxter.
"What am I? I am nothing anymore! A FREAK! I'll never be taken seriously as a scientist again!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Baxter, Fly in the Ointment by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Similar cards
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In these precons
Baxter, Fly in the Ointment is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.