Fungus Elemental
Creature — Fungus Elemental
, Sacrifice a Forest: Put a +2/+2 counter on this creature. Activate only if this creature entered this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.62
- EDHREC rank
- #29807
Fungus Elemental is a bulk rare that never found a home — a 4/4 for five mana whose ability to grow depends on opponents spending resources to block it, which means it rarely grows at all. Pass.
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 |
Fungus Elemental is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a 4/4 for five with conditional upside doesn't clear the bar — the format is full of threats that demand immediate answers, and Fungus Elemental doesn't qualify. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in a five-mana creature that asks opponents to cooperate with its growth condition. Oathbreaker is the only format where a creature this passive might sneak into a casual pile, but even there, better five-drops exist at every price point.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.62 bulk tier
At $0.62, Fungus Elemental sits squarely in bulk rare territory, and that price reflects its playability accurately. Don't expect movement — cards this far outside competitive consideration don't recover without a reprint in a pushed product or a new mechanic that suddenly rewards it.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.