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Basking Broodscale

Creature — Eldrazi Lizard

Devoid (This card has no color.)
{1}{G}: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Modern Horizons 3
Price
$0.34
EDHREC rank
#2093
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Basking Broodscale card art
Basking Broodscale is a combo piece first and a creature second — it generates a Lizard token whenever a +1/+1 counter is placed on any creature you control, which means token-and-counter loops with Rosie Cotton of South Lane or Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest can go infinite with the right mana outlet in play. The two-mana body is nearly irrelevant; the trigger is the whole card.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper banned
oathbreaker legal

Basking Broodscale is banned in Pauper, which tells you everything about its ceiling — the format pulled the card because the token-generating loop was too consistent and too cheap to assemble at common. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's legal but rarely seen, since those formats demand interaction-proof speed that a three-piece combo can't reliably deliver. Commander is where Basking Broodscale actually lives: the singleton rule means you can't flood the board with redundant copies, but the 99-card format is also packed with counter-synergy commanders who treat the trigger as a free value engine rather than a deliberate combo setup — so the restriction that matters in Pauper simply doesn't bite as hard here.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

55.8% of decks · synergy 0.54

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest puts a +1/+1 counter on every creature you control whenever a permanent is sacrificed, so Basking Broodscale's trigger fires on every sacrifice — feed the loop a free sac outlet and the board grows without a ceiling.

02
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan

Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan

48.2% of decks · synergy 0.44

Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan cares about creatures with counters entering and leaving, and Basking Broodscale's Lizard tokens arrive pre-loaded into that synergy, giving the deck a reliable stream of bodies that double as fuel for Felothar's own triggers.

03
Black Panther, Wakandan King

Black Panther, Wakandan King

40.9% of decks · synergy 0.37

Black Panther, Wakandan King distributes +1/+1 counters broadly across the board, and each distribution event fires Basking Broodscale separately — a single combat step can produce a swarm of Lizard tokens without any additional setup.

04
Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Tayam, Luminous Enigma

38.2% of decks · synergy 0.34

Tayam, Luminous Enigma mills and recurs permanents by spending counters from your creatures, so Basking Broodscale both feeds the counter engine with new token bodies and benefits from the recursion loop Tayam enables.

05
Rocco, Street Chef

Rocco, Street Chef

36.0% of decks · synergy 0.33

Rocco, Street Chef places food counters and +1/+1 counters as part of its base value engine, giving Basking Broodscale a reliable trigger source every turn without dedicating extra card slots to counter enablers.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

10,250 decks
Basking BroodscaleCathars' Crusade

Basking BroodscaleCathars' Crusade

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control

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2,371 decks
Ayula, Queen Among BearsBasking BroodscaleKudo, King Among Bears

Ayula, Queen Among BearsBasking BroodscaleKudo, King Among Bears

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature

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Price Context

Current price

$0.34 bulk tier

At $0.34, Basking Broodscale is deep bulk — a combo piece you pick up as an afterthought when ordering singles. Given the ban in Pauper and steady Commander demand, it's unlikely to drop further, but don't buy it as anything other than a card you want to play.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.