Birthing Pod
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This printing
SetNPH
Collector #104
Released2011-05-13
Rarityrare
ArtistDaarken
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Birthing Pod

RareColour IDMV 4
Artifact
( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
, , 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.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2020-01-01Newest 2026-05-11Cheapest priced $12.75 in SLC
Rulings (8)
wotc1 Jun 2011
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
wotc1 Jun 2011
A token has a mana value of 0, unless it is copying something else.
wotc1 Jun 2011
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
wotc1 Jun 2011
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.
wotc1 Jun 2011
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.
wotc1 Jun 2011
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.