Phyrexian Broodlings
Creature — Phyrexian Minion
, Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #26890
Phyrexian Broodlings trades itself and a creature you control for a direct damage ping — functional sacrifice outlet, removal, and body in one card. Three mana for a 2/2 that needs a second creature to do anything meaningful is a real cost, and outside of dedicated sacrifice or -1/-1 counter synergies, that ceiling is low.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Phyrexian Broodlings finds a home in sacrifice-focused decks where the outlet matters more than the body — think Aristocrats shells that need redundant ways to turn creatures into damage. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; three mana for this effect is decades behind the curve in those formats. Pauper is the most realistic competitive home, where the combination of a sacrifice outlet and a free ping on a common creature is occasionally worth slotting into a dedicated synergy shell.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Phyrexian Broodlings is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. There's no pressure on that price to move in either direction; demand is narrow enough that it stays a throw-in for anyone building a budget sacrifice list.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.