Birthing Pod
New Phyrexia 104 • rare
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Collector number
- 104
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana G/P symbol
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Daarken
- Market price
- $12.12
What it does
(G/P symbol can be paid with either green mana or 2 life.)
1 generic mana G/P symbol, tap, 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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernBanned
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Birthing Pod was released in 2011 as part of the New Phyrexia expansion for Magic: The Gathering, serving as a pivotal card in the game's lore. It represents the transformation processes of the Phyrexians, a race of biomechanical horrors who seek to refine living organisms into perfect, metallic forms. The card was designed as an artifact that allows players to sacrifice one creature to search their deck for a replacement with a higher mana cost, mechanicaly mirroring the Phyrexian ideology of evolutionary progression.
The artwork was created by Daarken, a frequent contributor to the franchise, who focused on the grotesque, surgical aesthetic central to the Phyrexian faction. Upon release, the card was immediately recognized for its immense utility in competitive play, eventually becoming a centerpiece for various combo decks across multiple formats. Its design is often praised for its high skill ceiling, leading to its eventual restriction or ban in several competitive settings due to the efficiency with which it could manipulate a player's library.
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