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Ray Fillet, Man Ray

TMT · uncommon · Released 2026-03-06

Power

brawl
tier-1Strong staple
commander
tier-1Strong staple

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

on

on rate

standalone

meaningful alone

synergy

wants support

scales

scales up

flexible

multiple modes

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
plus-one-counterscounters-voltron
negative:

No active conflicts.

Roles

evasive-threattoken-producercounter-producercard-drawrepeatable-card-draw

Risks

requires-creature-densitysorcery-speed-onlyslow-setup

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:
fish
anti:

Structural

triggered-abilityactivated-ability

Rationale

Ray Fillet is a 4cmc 3/3 flyer that creates a Mutagen token (an artifact that puts +1/+1 counters on creatures) and converts those counters into cards at the cost of {2} each. The card-draw engine requires a +1/+1 counters subtheme to fuel it; it's a value creature for counters-voltron or plus-one-counters decks but too slow and mana-intensive for competitive formats.

Learnings (3)

  • The Mutagen token is an artifact that puts a +1/+1 counter on any creature you control, making it doubly useful in counters decks — it feeds both the counter engine and Ray Fillet's own draw ability.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The draw ability reads '{2}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card' — it can remove counters from ANY creature you control, not just Ray Fillet itself, so a wide board with counters enables multiple draws per turn (still sorcery-speed only).

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • Ray Fillet is a TMNT crossover card; despite being a Fish Mutant, there is currently no meaningful Fish typal payoff infrastructure in Commander, so the tribe tag is largely cosmetic.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #19,210