Birthing Pod

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Birthing Pod: Artifact, New Phyrexia. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{G/P}
Mana value
4
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Green (G)
Rarity
Rare
Set
New Phyrexia (NPH)
Released
2011-05-13
Collector number
104
Artist
Daarken
Commander rank
2,025 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Birthing Pod

Birthing Pod is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green artifact from New Phyrexia (NPH), an expansion set released in May 2011. It is collector number 104 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {3}{G/P} to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It is banned in Modern. It has been printed in 4 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $12.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

({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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $12.19 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Birthing Pod by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernBanned
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Birthing Pod

Birthing Pod has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2349Rare2026
Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #2011Rare2022
Judge Gift Cards 2020 (J20) #7Rare2020

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Birthing Pod, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
  • If a creature is copying something else, its mana value is the mana value of whatever it's copying.
  • A token has a mana value of 0, unless it is copying something else.
  • Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
  • If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
  • 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.

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