Breeding Pit
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay 
.
At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/1 black Thrull creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Masters Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21492
Breeding Pit produces a 0/1 Thrull token at the end of every upkeep — consistent, free-rolling token generation — but the upkeep cost of sacrificing a creature will bleed you dry in any deck that isn't built to abuse it. In a dedicated token or sacrifice shell, especially alongside something like Esix, Fractal Bloom that converts those Thrulls into copies of impactful creatures, the exchange rate flips in your favor; everywhere else, it's a liability.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Breeding Pit is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's effectively a Commander card — the 100-card singleton format is the only place where sacrifice-value engines and token-copy commanders make the upkeep cost feel like a feature rather than a tax. In Legacy and Vintage the card is too slow and too fragile as an enchantment to see any competitive play. Breeding Pit is best evaluated as a niche Commander inclusion: it rewards dedicated sacrifice or token-copy builds and punishes generalist slots.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Esix, Fractal BloomTimestream NavigatorBreeding Pit
Infinite turns; Lock
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Breeding Pit isn't available in this dataset, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for up-to-date figures. Given that it's a narrow, older enchantment with limited competitive demand, copies typically show up in the bulk-to-low-singles range — worth picking up if you're building around it, but not a card that commands a premium.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Esix, Fractal Bloom
- Timestream Navigator
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.