Sporocyst

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

Mana cost
{X}{X}{G}
Mana value
1
Type
Creature - Tyranid
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
0/0
Rarity
Rare
Set
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K)
Released
2022-10-07
Collector number
98
Artist
Fajareka Setiawan
Commander rank
4,948 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Defender, Ravenous, Spore Chimney

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About Sporocyst

Sporocyst 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 98 in that set, with art by Fajareka Setiawan. It costs {X}{X}{G} (two times X and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 0/0 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 $9.02 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

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.)

Defender

Spore Chimney - When this creature enters, search your library for up to X basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $9.02 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

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

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Sporocyst

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

PrintingRarityYear
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #98★Rare2022

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Sporocyst, 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.
  • 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.

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Sporocyst is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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