Broodlord

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Broodlord: Creature - Tyranid, Warhammer 40,000 Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{X}{3}{G}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Tyranid
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K)
Released
2022-10-07
Collector number
89
Artist
Mathias Kollros
Commander rank
8,565 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Brood Telepathy, Ravenous

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About Broodlord

Broodlord is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K), a Commander product released in October 2022. It is collector number 89 in that set, with art by Mathias Kollros. It costs {X}{3}{G} (X, three generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Warhammer 40,000 Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.82 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.)

Brood Telepathy - When this creature enters, distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of other target creatures you control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.82 (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 Broodlord by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Broodlord

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #89★Rare2022

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Broodlord, newest first.

  • A creature with ravenous gets its counters as it enters the battlefield. It doesn't enter the battlefield first and then get its counters. Any triggered ability that looks for a creature with a certain power or toughness entering the battlefield will see the counters when it checks to see if it should trigger.
  • If a permanent spell with ravenous is copied, the copy will have the same value for X, and the token permanent that the spell becomes as it enters the battlefield will enter with X counters.
  • If another permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a creature with Ravenous, it will not enter with any counters from the ravenous ability.
  • If some of the creatures are illegal targets as Broodlord's triggered ability 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.
  • The triggered ability that checks to see if X is 5 or greater refers to the value of X that was chosen as the spell was cast, which may be different from the number of counters it entered with if there are replacement effects involved. This is also true for any other ability that it has which refers to X and triggers when it enters the battlefield.
  • You choose how many targets Broodlord's triggered ability has and how the counters are distributed as you put the ability onto the stack. Each target must receive at least one counter.

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