Sproutback Trudge
Creature — Fungus Beast
This spell costs 
less to cast, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Trample
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may cast this creature from your graveyard.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2021
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #15140
Sproutback Trudge is a 9/7 trampler that refills your hand when it dies — and in a Forests-matter shell, you can cast it for free. The catch is a ten-mana floor and a condition that requires controlling ten or more Forests, which limits where it earns a slot.
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 |
Commander is where Sproutback Trudge belongs — specifically in mono-green or Gruul landfall and Forests-matter builds that can hit the ten-Forest threshold without trying. In Legacy and Vintage, a nine-mana creature with a narrow free-cast condition has no competitive footing, and the card sees no real play in either format. Oathbreaker shares Commander's casual singleton context, so the same Forests-matter shells apply, though the smaller deck size makes hitting ten Forests more fragile.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Sproutback Trudge is firmly bulk — zero barrier to picking up copies for any Forests-matter brew. Bulk rares with narrow conditions rarely climb without a sudden combo discovery, so treat this as a cheap role-player, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.