About Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos
Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos is a premium Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos MTG proxy card from Magic: The Gathering‘s Godzilla Series. This Temur Godzilla treatment of Illuna, Apex of Wishes is most useful in decks built around mutate, big permanents, and top-of-library value, making it a useful option for casual Commander, cube, display, and deck testing.
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| Type | Legendary Creature — Beast Elemental Dinosaur |
| Text | Mutate ![]() /![]() ![]() (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)Flying, trample Whenever this creature mutates, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland permanent card. Put that card onto the battlefield or into your hand. |
| Set | Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths IKO #190 |
| Rarity | Mythic |
What Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos Does
Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos uses the game text of Illuna, Apex of Wishes. It has mutate, flying, and trample. Whenever it mutates, you exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland permanent card, then you may put that card onto the battlefield or into your hand.
That makes Ghidorah a splashy mutate payoff. The card is strongest when your deck has high-impact nonland permanents worth hitting and enough mutate support to trigger the ability more than once.
Best Uses for Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos MTG Proxy
- Mutate Commander decks: Ghidorah rewards repeated mutate triggers with free permanent access.
- Big permanent decks: The ability gets better when your nonland permanents are powerful hits.
- Display builds: The Godzilla Series treatment gives the card strong crossover appeal for showcase collections.
Recommended Interactions
Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos works well with mutate creatures, top-deck setup, and permanents that are exciting to put straight onto the battlefield.
- Auspicious Starrix: Adds another mutate payoff that can put permanents onto the battlefield.
- Migratory Greathorn: Provides a cheaper mutate creature that helps ramp and build the mutate stack.
- Scroll Rack: Helps set up the top of your library so Ghidorah hits something worth the ceremony.
Strengths and Considerations
The main strength of Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos is high-ceiling permanent advantage from mutate triggers. The main consideration is setup. Mutate decks need creatures to mutate onto and enough protection to keep the stack alive. Testing Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos MTG proxy can help you decide whether the card fits your Commander deck, cube, or Godzilla display build.
Product Quality and Proxy Use
ProxyKing cards are produced with premium print quality, proper trading-card size, ideal weight, consistent thickness, and a natural shuffle feel for sleeved casual play.
This is a proxy/playtest card for casual play, Commander, cube, display, and deck testing where proxies are allowed. It is not an official Magic card and is not tournament legal. Review our Proxy Use Policy for responsible casual use.
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BUSHNAK –
solid quality, a foil proxy would be nice for this though.