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Fathom Mage
Oracle Text
Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Whenever a +1/+1 counter is put on this creature, you may draw a card.
Card Details
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Character Background
Fathom Mage is one of those Simic-style value engines that rewards you for doing the most natural thing in green-blue: gradually outgrowing the board while converting every upgrade into fresh cards. As a 1/1 for {2}{G}{U}, it fits best in a tempo or midrange shell that can keep developing small creatures with higher power or toughness to trigger evolve, then ride the Mage’s card flow into the late game. The key is building around consistent counter generation and staggered curve pressure: play creatures that naturally enter larger than 1/1, or use cards that add +1/+1 counters repeatedly so Fathom Mage keeps drawing. It pairs especially well with proliferate, modular counter packages, and effects that put multiple counters on one body. In practice, protect it if possible; once it survives a turn cycle, every counter becomes both board presence and gas, making it a dangerous source of snowballing advantage.
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Character Background
Fathom Mage is one of those Simic-style value engines that rewards you for doing the most natural thing in green-blue: gradually outgrowing the board while converting every upgrade into fresh cards. As a 1/1 for {2}{G}{U}, it fits best in a tempo or midrange shell that can keep developing small creatures with higher power or toughness to trigger evolve, then ride the Mage’s card flow into the late game. The key is building around consistent counter generation and staggered curve pressure: play creatures that naturally enter larger than 1/1, or use cards that add +1/+1 counters repeatedly so Fathom Mage keeps drawing. It pairs especially well with proliferate, modular counter packages, and effects that put multiple counters on one body. In practice, protect it if possible; once it survives a turn cycle, every counter becomes both board presence and gas, making it a dangerous source of snowballing advantage.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 04:20:44 UTC