First printed in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (2026)
Legendary Creature — Insect Mutant Scientist
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!"
2/2
- Illustrated by
- Michele Giorgi
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Prices
MTGO price: 1.04 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
37 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting…: Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Mind Over Matter + O'aka, Traveling Merchant
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Geist of Saint Thalia + Sensei's Divining Top
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Iron Lad, Young Avenger + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Valeria Richards, Precocious
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Armor Wars + Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Longshot, Rebel Bowman + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Glaring Fleshraker + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Samut, the Driving Force + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Baxter, Fly in the Ointment + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse + Sensei's Divining Top
