Deep Spawn
Creature — Homarid
Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you mill two cards.
: This creature gains shroud until end of turn and doesn't untap during your next untap step. Tap this creature. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition II
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27600
Deep Spawn is a massive blue threat that demands attention the turn it hits the table, but eight mana is a steep ask in a format full of cheaper ways to dominate the board. The upkeep cost of milling two and flipping the top card to keep it in play adds a second layer of pressure on your resources, making Deep Spawn a build-around rather than a generically powerful inclusion.
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 |
In Commander, Deep Spawn occupies the niche of a high-cost finisher in dedicated mill or graveyard-value decks — its self-mill upkeep is a feature in those shells and a serious drawback everywhere else. Legacy and Vintage both have access to it, but eight-mana creatures without immediate impact on resolution are essentially absent from those formats; no competitive shell wants Deep Spawn when Emrakul, the Aeons Torn or cheaper threats exist. Oathbreaker's lower life totals and tighter deck construction make a slow, expensive creature even harder to justify. Deep Spawn is a Commander card through and through, and even there it earns a slot only in decks built to exploit its graveyard interaction.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Deep Spawn isn't currently available in the index, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow playability and old-card collector appeal, it tends to sit in the bulk-to-moderate range rather than commanding a premium — pick it up if the price is right for your build, not as a financial move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.