Hierophant Bio-Titan
Creature — Tyranid
Frenzied Metabolism — As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may remove any number of +1/+1 counters from among creatures you control. This spell costs 
less to cast for each counter removed this way.
Vigilance, reach, ward
Titanic — This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
- CMC
- 12
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- $1.40
- EDHREC rank
- #7835
Hierophant Bio-Titan enters the battlefield and immediately threatens to flood the board — its on-enter trigger spawns tokens based on what you already have in play, and it keeps generating more every upkeep. Nine mana is real, but The Swarmlord makes that cost irrelevant by cheating it into play off a counter trigger.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Swarmlord
The Swarmlord can put Hierophant Bio-Titan directly into play whenever a counter trigger fires, bypassing the nine-mana cost entirely and immediately stacking the Bio-Titan's enter-the-battlefield spawn on top of an already-loaded Tyranid board.
Magus Lucea Kane
Magus Lucea Kane copies spells and abilities with X in their cost, and Hierophant Bio-Titan's token-generation scales with counters already in play — Kane gives the Bio-Titan a second trigger's worth of output for free.
Venom, Deadly Devourer
Venom, Deadly Devourer rewards stacking a single creature with counters, and Hierophant Bio-Titan arrives pre-loaded with +1/+1 counters while adding more tokens to the pile that feed Venom's sacrifice and growth engine.
Oviya, Automech Artisan
Oviya, Automech Artisan builds value around artifacts and large creatures entering the battlefield, and Hierophant Bio-Titan's arrival — plus the wave of tokens it produces — gives Oviya multiple new bodies to work with on the same turn.
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 |
Commander is where Hierophant Bio-Titan actually lives — the format's slower pace and 40-life totals give it time to land, and tyranid or counter-synergy commanders can cheat or copy it to devastating effect. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but will never see play; nine mana for a creature with no protection is not a competitive offer in formats where the game ends on turn one or two. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case worth noting: a counters-based planeswalker pairing could set up a meaningful Bio-Titan line, though the 20-life total compresses the window considerably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.40 cheap tier
At $1.40, Hierophant Bio-Titan sits firmly in bulk-rare territory, which is a deal for a nine-mana mythic that closes games in the right shell. The price reflects narrow playability — it belongs in specific Tyranid or counters decks and almost nowhere else — so don't expect it to climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.