Fungal Behemoth
Creature — Fungus
Fungal Behemoth's power and toughness are each equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on creatures you control.
Suspend X—
. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with X time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Whenever a time counter is removed from this card while it's exiled, you may put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Price
- $0.63
- EDHREC rank
- #19910
Fungal Behemoth is a massive, scaling threat in any deck that stockpiles +1/+1 counters — its power and toughness match the counter count on your board, and it grants that same keyword suite to every creature wearing counters. The catch is a six-mana sticker price with no built-in protection, so it needs a counter-heavy board already in play to justify the slot.
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 where Fungal Behemoth belongs — counter-stacking strategies are endemic to the format, and a card that rewards going wide with counters fits naturally into Atraxa, Praetors' Voice or any Simic-adjacent build that already floods the board with +1/+1 synergies. In Legacy and Vintage, six mana for a conditional beater competes against formats that end games on turns one through three, and Fungal Behemoth will never see meaningful play there. Modern technically allows it, but the same problem applies — it's too slow and too dependent on battlefield state to earn a slot over creatures that generate immediate, unconditional value. Stick to Commander, where the long game lets it reach its ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.63 bulk tier
At $0.63, Fungal Behemoth sits firmly in bulk territory, which is fair given its narrow application and the competition it faces from splashier six-drops. It's an easy budget pickup for counter-themed Commander builds, but don't expect the price to move — supply is ample and demand stays niche.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.