Adaptive Sporesinger
Creature — Phyrexian Druid
Vigilance
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains vigilance until end of turn.
• Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #10656
Adaptive Sporesinger enters and immediately adds a +1/+1 counter to every creature you control with an adapt, evolve, or proliferate payoff — the on-board swing is real, not hypothetical. Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres turns that enter trigger into a draw engine, and Myojin of Cryptic Dreams gives the whole package a blink target worth repeating.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres draws a card whenever a creature you control gets +1/+1 counters placed on it, so Adaptive Sporesinger's enter trigger — distributing counters across the board — converts immediately into cards rather than just stats.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Adaptive Sporesinger is a Commander card through and through — the enter trigger only becomes absurd when there are ten other creatures on the battlefield to receive counters. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern or Legacy, a three-mana 2/2 that conditionally distributes counters is too slow and too dependent on board state to earn a slot. Pauper is where it could theoretically live, but counter-based synergy packages in that format lack the density to make the trigger matter. Stick to Commander, and specifically to decks built around +1/+1 counters — that's the only context where Adaptive Sporesinger justifies its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Myojin of Cryptic DreamsAdaptive Sporesinger
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite proliferate; Infinite copies of permanent spells you control
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Myojin of Life's WebCloudstone CurioAdaptive Sporesinger
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite proliferate
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Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Adaptive Sporesinger is bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar bin or tossing it into a cart to hit free shipping. Bulk rares with narrow synergy profiles rarely climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype hard, so treat it as a cheap inclusion rather than a card to stockpile.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.