Thought Sponge
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Flash
This creature enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest number of cards an opponent has drawn this turn.
When this creature dies, draw cards equal to its power.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2019-08-23
Thought Sponge gets its +1/+1 counters at the moment it enters the battlefield. There's not a time that it's on the battlefield before its replacement effect has applied.
- 2019-08-23
Use Thought Sponge's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards to draw for its last ability. If that number is negative, you neither draw nor discard cards.
- 2019-08-23
Thought Sponge checks the total number of cards drawn by each opponent, not how many were drawn due to a single instruction.
- 2019-08-23
Thought Sponge checks how many cards were drawn by opponents this turn, even opponents who have left the game. The greatest number drawn by a single opponent is how many +1/+1 counters it enters with.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Thought Sponge, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Sultai 1 deck
Thought Sponge price history
The Commander 2019 #12 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.33 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Thought Sponge
1 printing, 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.
- Normal
- $0.30
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Thought Sponge. 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.
