Biogenic Upgrade
Biogenic Upgrade: Sorcery, Foundations Jumpstart. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 144
- Artist
- Kev Fang
- Commander rank
- 8,937 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Double
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About Biogenic Upgrade
Biogenic Upgrade is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green sorcery from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 144 in that set, with art by Kev Fang. It costs {4}{G}{G} (four generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Ravnica Allegiance (2019) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures, then double the number of +1/+1 counters on each of those creatures.
"Our state-of-the-art laboratories have been stripped of bothersome safety measures." -Radula, Simic biomancer
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Biogenic Upgrade by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Biogenic Upgrade
Biogenic Upgrade has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #FDN-553 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Foundations (FDN) #553 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #RNA-123 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #137 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC) #135 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) #123 | Uncommon | 2019 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Biogenic Upgrade, newest first.
- You choose how many targets Biogenic Upgrade has and how the counters are distributed as you cast it. Each target must receive at least one counter. This means, for example, that you can't target three creatures and assign them two, one, and zero counters.
- If some of the creatures are illegal targets as Biogenic Upgrade tries to resolve, the original distribution of counters still applies and the counters that would have been put on the illegal targets are lost. They won't be put instead on a legal target.
- To double the number of +1/+1 counters on a permanent, put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number it already has. Other cards that interact with putting counters on it will interact with this effect accordingly.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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