Fungal Sprouting
Sorcery
Create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2013
- Price
- $0.73
- EDHREC rank
- #5496
Fungal Sprouting hands you a swarm of Saprolings equal to the greatest power among your creatures — which means one resolved copy under Thromok the Insatiable can create dozens of tokens in a single shot. Four mana for a sorcery is real, but when the creature doing the measuring has 20+ power, the cost is irrelevant.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thromok the Insatiable
Thromok the Insatiable devours creatures to grow enormous, and Fungal Sprouting immediately converts that absurd power into an equally absurd board of Saproling tokens — often 20 or more from a single spell.
Shroofus Sproutsire
Shroofus Sproutsire cares about Fungi and Saprolings entering the battlefield, so Fungal Sprouting dropping a wave of tokens in one shot triggers that engine at maximum efficiency.
Slimefoot, the Stowaway
Every Saproling Fungal Sprouting produces is a future drain trigger for Slimefoot, the Stowaway, making a single casting worth several points of life loss when you sacrifice the tokens later.
Esix, Fractal Bloom
Esix, Fractal Bloom turns the first token you create each turn into a copy of any creature on the battlefield, so Fungal Sprouting's mass token production gives Esix an immediate high-value target to clone.
Grismold, the Dreadsower
Grismold, the Dreadsower grows a counter for each creature that dies, and Fungal Sprouting floods the board with fodder that opponents can sacrifice — turning a single sorcery into several free +1/+1 counters on Grismold.
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 |
Fungal Sprouting is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it has never found a home outside Commander — a sorcery-speed token maker that requires a large creature already in play is too slow and conditional for any competitive 60-card format. In Commander, it earns its slot specifically in high-power-matters builds where one creature routinely exceeds 10 power, turning four mana into a board-filling token swarm. Outside those dedicated token-or-sacrifice shells, it's a blank card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.73 bulk tier
At $0.73, Fungal Sprouting sits firmly in bulk territory, which accurately reflects its narrow application. It holds that floor because the niche it fills — giant-power token production — is real enough to sustain steady demand from Thromok and Saproling brewers.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thromok the Insatiable
- Shroofus Sproutsire
- Slimefoot, the Stowaway
- Esix, Fractal Bloom
- Grismold, the Dreadsower
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.