Mycoloth
Creature — Fungus
Devour 2 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with twice that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Price
- $4.49
- EDHREC rank
- #2167
Mycoloth snowballs faster than almost any other token producer in green — devour your board on entry, then watch it double the saproling count every upkeep. The cost is real: it enters slow, dies to any removal before your next untap, and pays nothing if the board is empty when it lands. Esix, Fractal Bloom turns every saproling trigger into a copy of something broken; Ellie, Brick Master // Joel, Resolute Survivor treats the constant creature output as a resource engine from turn one.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ellie, Brick Master // Joel, Resolute Survivor
Ellie, Brick Master // Joel, Resolute Survivor wants a continuous stream of creatures to build on, and Mycoloth delivers that automatically every upkeep — the more tokens already in play when Mycoloth enters, the faster the engine compounds.
Thromok the Insatiable
Thromok the Insatiable needs a large number of creatures to devour, and Mycoloth can single-handedly manufacture that critical mass across two or three turns — you're essentially using one card to set up the other's kill condition.
Slimefoot, the Stowaway
Slimefoot, the Stowaway converts every saproling death into damage and life, so the flood of tokens Mycoloth generates isn't just board presence — it's a scalable damage source waiting to be cashed in.
Shroofus Sproutsire
Shroofus Sproutsire cares deeply about fungus and saproling counts, making Mycoloth one of the most on-theme payoffs available — each upkeep trigger feeds directly into whatever Shroofus Sproutsire rewards you for having in play.
The Mycotyrant
The Mycotyrant scales with the number of fungi and saprolings entering the battlefield, and Mycoloth's exponential output means The Mycotyrant's own power and toughness — and any triggered bonuses — grow at the same accelerating pace.
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 Mycoloth does its best work: the singleton format's slower pace gives it time to untap, and token-synergy commanders multiply its value far beyond what the card does in isolation. In competitive Commander it's too fragile — five mana, no immediate impact, and a one-removal death sentence are disqualifying at that power level, but in mid-power pods it's a genuine threat. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are all legal, but Mycoloth sees essentially no play in any of them; five-mana do-nothing-until-next-turn creatures don't survive those formats' removal density, and token strategies in 60-card have faster, harder-to-answer options. Oathbreaker is legal and occasionally relevant if the planeswalker and signature spell support a saproling theme, but Commander remains the clear home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.49 cheap tier
At $4.49, Mycoloth sits at the low end of meaningful Commander staples — cheap enough to slot into a token deck without deliberation. It's been reprinted enough times to stay accessible, and demand from fungus and saproling commanders keeps the floor stable without pushing it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Esix, Fractal Bloom
- Ellie, Brick Master // Joel, Resolute Survivor
- Thromok the Insatiable
- Slimefoot, the Stowaway
- Shroofus Sproutsire
- The Mycotyrant
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.