Saproling Infestation
Enchantment
Whenever a player kicks a spell, you create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #24556
Saproling Infestation converts every kicked spell into a 1/1 Saproling token — free bodies that accumulate fast in any deck built around kicker. The catch is the enchantment does nothing on its own, so it's a dead card in any list that doesn't lean heavily on kicker payoffs.
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 |
Saproling Infestation is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games give you enough turns to cast multiple kicked spells and actually cash in on the token generation. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but completely irrelevant; those formats move too fast for a do-nothing enchantment that asks you to pay kicker costs to get 1/1s. Commander is the only place Saproling Infestation earns a slot, and even there it belongs only in dedicated kicker builds.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Saproling Infestation is pure bulk — there's no financial barrier to picking it up. Its niche demand keeps it from rising, so don't expect the price to move in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.