Fungal Rebirth
Instant
Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If a creature died this turn, create two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #5740
Fungal Rebirth returns any permanent from your graveyard and drops two Saproling tokens on top of that — three bodies of value for two mana, conditional only on a creature dying that turn. In Slimefoot, the Stowaway and any token-dense shell, that condition is a formality, making this one of the most efficient recursion spells in green.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Slimefoot, the Stowaway
Slimefoot, the Stowaway pings opponents and gains you life every time a Saproling dies, so Fungal Rebirth isn't just recursion — it's two fresh triggers stapled to a permanent you already wanted back.
Shroofus Sproutsire
Shroofus Sproutsire cares deeply about flooding the board with fungus and Saproling tokens, and Fungal Rebirth delivers two of them while recovering a key permanent that ate a removal spell.
The Mycotyrant
The Mycotyrant scales on the number of creatures you've put into the graveyard from anywhere, so Fungal Rebirth does double duty: it pads that count while returning a permanent and adding two more bodies to the board.
Slimefoot and Squee
Slimefoot and Squee wants a constant stream of fodder entering and dying, and Fungal Rebirth refuels that loop by converting one dead creature into two new Saprolings plus whatever permanent you reclaim.
Ghave, Guru of Spores
Ghave, Guru of Spores can immediately consume the two Saproling tokens Fungal Rebirth produces to fuel counter manipulation, turning a recursion spell into a mana-positive combo enabler.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fungal Rebirth is a Commander card first and almost exclusively. The two-Saproling rider is near-worthless in competitive Constructed formats where token generators need to close games, not pad graveyards, and the conditional trigger — a creature having died that turn — is far less reliable in one-on-one play where opponents have fewer reasons to attack into blockers. In Modern and Pioneer it's strictly outclassed by cheaper or unconditional recursion. Commander is where the condition becomes trivially met and the token output compounds with aristocrats payoffs, making Fungal Rebirth a genuine staple in the right shells rather than a fringe inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Fungal Rebirth sits firmly in bulk territory, which is frankly an overperformance for a card this good in its niche. Bulk rares with real synergy homes tend to hold this floor indefinitely — there's no pressure pushing it higher, but little reason to expect it drops further either.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Slimefoot, the Stowaway
- Shroofus Sproutsire
- The Mycotyrant
- Slimefoot and Squee
- Ghave, Guru of Spores
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.