Birthing Boughs
Artifact
, 
: Create a 2/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #10304
Birthing Boughs gives you a repeatable Changeling token factory at three mana to activate — every token it makes is every creature type simultaneously, which matters enormously for tribal synergies. The setup cost is real, but any commander that cares about a specific creature type gets a permanent that never stops generating on-theme bodies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the clear home for Birthing Boughs — tribal decks are endemic to the format, games go long enough to recoup the activation cost repeatedly, and the universal creature-type on every token means it slots into virtually any tribe without awkwardness. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with faster, more explosive tribal payoffs in formats where spending three mana per token at sorcery speed is a liability. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's dynamics at a smaller scale and can support it in the right tribal shell, though the 20-life clock compresses the window to activate multiple times.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Birthing Boughs is firmly bulk — low financial risk for any tribal brew that wants it. The price is unlikely to climb significantly given its narrow application outside Commander, but at this entry point there's no reason to hesitate if the deck can use it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.