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Birthing Pod

Green

4 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Birthing Pod, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 2349 2026-05-11

Card text

{3}{G/P}
Artifact
({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.) {1}{G/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.
EDHREC rank #2071 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 4 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✗ Banned
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

8 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

If a creature is copying something else, its mana value is the mana value of whatever it's copying.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

A token has a mana value of 0, unless it is copying something else.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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