Birthing Pod
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.)
1G/P, T, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.
Combos with Birthing Pod
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Timestream Navigator Gravecrawler Infinite
- Infinite turns
- Lock
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
8 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2011-06-01
As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
- 2011-06-01
A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
- 2011-06-01
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
- 2011-06-01
If a creature is copying something else, its mana value is the mana value of whatever it's copying.
- 2011-06-01
A token has a mana value of 0, unless it is copying something else.
- 2011-06-01
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
- 2011-06-01
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
- 2011-06-01
A creature's mana value is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). If its mana cost includes X, X is considered to be 0. If it has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's an animated land, for example), its mana value is 0. Ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) paid when the creature was cast.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Birthing Pod, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karador, Ghost Chieftain | 1 | 0 | — |
| Omnath, Locus of Rage | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Gruul 1 deck
- Abzan 1 deck
Birthing Pod price history
The New Phyrexia #104 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $11.36 | $44.48 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $11.32 | $44.48 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $11.58 | $44.48 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $11.83 | $44.48 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $12.10 | $44.48 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $12.33 | $44.48 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $12.38 | $44.48 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $12.17 | $44.48 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $12.09 | $44.48 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $12.11 | $44.48 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $12.28 | $44.48 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $12.12 | $44.48 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $12.24 | $44.48 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $12.29 | $44.48 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $12.23 | $44.48 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $12.30 | $44.40 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $12.24 | $44.40 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $12.43 | $44.83 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $12.60 | $44.77 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Birthing Pod
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $12.40
- Foil
- $13.42
Inverted
Secret Lair Countdown
- Normal
- $13.32
- Foil
- $24.39
Promo
Judge Gift Cards 2020
- Foil
- $30.27
- Normal
- $11.36
- Foil
- $44.48
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Birthing Pod. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.