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Necrogenesis

Enchantment

{2}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{B}{G}
Color identity
BG
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander 2011
Price
$0.53
EDHREC rank
#9653
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Necrogenesis card art
Necrogenesis is a two-mana repeatable engine that trades opposing graveyards for a steady stream of Saproling tokens — graveyard hate and token generation stapled together at a price most decks can afford without thinking. Void Attendant does something comparable, but costs three and requires energy; Necrogenesis costs two and asks only for mana. If you're running Slimefoot, the Stowaway or any token-matters shell that also wants to disrupt reanimator and flashback strategies, this card earns its slot every time.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Slimefoot, the Stowaway

Slimefoot, the Stowaway

61.8% of decks · synergy 0.60

Slimefoot, the Stowaway turns every Saproling death into a drain trigger, so the tokens Necrogenesis produces aren't just blockers — they're a damage and life-gain engine stapled to graveyard disruption. In a deck that wants as many Saprolings entering and dying as possible, Necrogenesis is close to mandatory.

02
Slimefoot and Squee

Slimefoot and Squee

27.7% of decks · synergy 0.27

Slimefoot and Squee runs a recursion-heavy gameplan that naturally fills graveyards — including opponents' — making Necrogenesis a live threat from the mid-game onward. The Saprolings feed sacrifice synergies while the exile clause keeps opposing graveyard loops in check.

03
Ghave, Guru of Spores

Ghave, Guru of Spores

13.8% of decks · synergy 0.13

Ghave, Guru of Spores converts any token into a +1/+1 counter and vice versa, so each Saproling Necrogenesis produces becomes raw material for Ghave's proliferate and counter-doubling lines. The incidental grave hate is a bonus in a deck that can already go infinite with modest support.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Necrogenesis is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is clearly Commander. In 60-card formats it's too slow and too conditional — graveyard hate at two mana is fine, but dedicated hate pieces like Rest in Peace or Leyline of the Void do the job faster and more completely, and Necrogenesis doesn't threaten a win on its own. In Commander, the math flips: the long game lets you activate it repeatedly, graveyards fill up naturally over multiple opponents' turns, and a token payoff commander turns each activation into real board presence. Oathbreaker could work in a token-focused shell, but the format's faster pace makes the two-mana activation feel clunkier than it does in EDH.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.53 bulk tier

At $0.53, Necrogenesis sits firmly in bulk territory — cheap enough to throw into any Golgari or Jund token build without budget consideration. Bulk rares at this price point tend to stay flat or drift lower unless a new commander drives breakout demand, so buy it for the gameplay, not for the price tag.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.