First printed in Scars of Mirrodin (2010)
Artifact
This artifact enters with X charge counters on it.
: Until end of turn, this artifact becomes a Construct artifact creature with "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of charge counters on it."
- Illustrated by
- David Palumbo
- Watermark
- Mirran
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (4)
- If you activate Chimeric Mass’s last ability while it has no charge counters on it, it will become a 0/0 creature and be put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action.
- Activating the last ability while Chimeric Mass is a creature will override any effects that set its power and/or toughness to another number, but effects that modify power and/or toughness without directly setting them will still apply.
- If the number of charge counters on Chimeric Mass changes while it is a creature, its power and toughness will change accordingly.
- For example, say you activate the last ability of a Chimeric Mass with three charge counters on it. After it resolves, you cast Giant Growth targeting it. It’s now 6/6. Then Diminish (“Target creature becomes 1/1 until end of turn”) is cast targeting it. Once Diminish resolves, Chimeric Mass would be 4/4. Activating Chimeric Mass’s last ability a second time would make it 6/6 again until end of turn.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
3 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Chimeric Mass + Lotus Bloom + Salvaging Station + Teysa Karlov
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Chimeric Mass + Primordial Mist + Yedora, Grave Gardener
- Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers…: Cavalier of Dawn + Chimeric Mass + Infinite Reflection + March of the Machines
