The Goose Mother
The Goose Mother: Legendary Creature - Bird Hydra, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Flying. The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Bird Hydra
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 312
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Commander rank
- 2,923 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Food
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About The Goose Mother
The Goose Mother is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and green legendary creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 312 in that set, with art by Jesper Ejsing. It costs {X}{G}{U} (X, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Wilds of Eldraine (2023) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying
The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up.
Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Goose Mother 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 |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of The Goose Mother
The Goose Mother has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Media and Collaboration Promos (PMEI) #2026-10 | Rare | 2026 |
| Wilds of Eldraine Promos (PWOE) #204p | Rare | 2023 |
| Wilds of Eldraine Promos (PWOE) #204s | Rare | 2023 |
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE) #204 | Rare | 2023 |
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE) #362 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to The Goose Mother, newest first.
- Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature - Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
- You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
The Goose Mother is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.