Shellshock

Oracle Text

For each opponent, choose up to one target creature that player controls. Shellshock deals X damage to each of those creatures. You create a Mutagen token for each creature dealt damage this way. (They're artifacts with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Card Details

-/-Power / Toughness

XRMana Cost

1Prints

Set

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal · View all prints →

Character Background

Shellshock is a brutally efficient multicolor pressure valve for red decks that want to turn a small window of mana into board swing and future value. In practice, it plays best in tempo or midrange shells, especially multiplayer Commander, where X can tag one creature per opponent and convert every hit into a Mutagen token for later growth. That means it can act as both removal and setup: you clear away utility creatures, then bank artifacts that cash in as sorcery-speed +1/+1 counters to push an attacker past blockers or rebuild after combat. It pairs well with token synergies, artifact recursion, and sacrifice payoffs, and it gets especially nasty alongside damage doublers or red mana acceleration that lets X scale upward. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles flavor feels apt: a sudden explosive strike that leaves behind mutagenic residue, turning a fight into a snowball.

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