Scatter the Seeds
Instant
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Create three 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #8762
Scatter the Seeds puts three 1/1 Saproling tokens into play at instant speed for five mana — the impact is immediate and board-wide. The cost is steep for what you get in most shells, but in dedicated token and sacrifice strategies, three bodies at flash speed is the whole point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Slimefoot, the Stowaway
Slimefoot, the Stowaway turns every Saproling death into a drain trigger, so Scatter the Seeds delivering three fodder tokens at once — especially at instant speed before a sacrifice outlet activation — is direct fuel for the engine.
Shroofus Sproutsire
Shroofus Sproutsire cares about go-wide fungus and Saproling production, and Scatter the Seeds supplies three tokens in a single spell, maximizing the payoff per card spent.
Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Emmara, Soul of the Accord rewards tapping creatures with token generation, and Scatter the Seeds provides a token flood that gives Emmara more bodies to tap into further payoffs on subsequent turns.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scatter the Seeds is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it actually sees play — the format's slower pace makes five mana for three tokens survivable, and the instant speed matters most when you're reacting to board wipes or setting up a sacrifice trigger on someone else's turn. In Pauper it's technically castable, but five mana for three 1/1s is behind the format's power curve and rarely worth a slot. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage offer far more efficient token producers, so Scatter the Seeds doesn't register in those formats competitively.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Scatter the Seeds is bulk — you'll find it in a common box or pick it up as throw-in. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so buy it for the deck, not the collection.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Slimefoot, the Stowaway
- Shroofus Sproutsire
- Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.