Synthesis Pod
Artifact
(
can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
, 
, Exile a spell you control: Target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a card with mana value equal to 1 plus the exiled spell's mana value. Exile that card, then that player shuffles. You may cast that exiled card without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #14791
Synthesis Pod turns any creature on the battlefield into a tutor-and-cheat stapled to a repeatable activated ability — pay the mana, sacrifice the creature, and drop something with the same mana value straight onto the battlefield. The cost is real: you need colored mana, a creature to spend, and a target already in your library or hand, so it rewards dense creature packages over goodstuff piles. Tasha, the Witch Queen decks that steal and sacrifice freely treat Synthesis Pod as an engine piece, not a cute include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Tasha, the Witch Queen generates Demon tokens whenever opponents cast spells from exile, giving you a steady stream of sacrifice fodder that Synthesis Pod converts into whatever creature you need at the matching mana value — the loop rewards itself every time an opponent casts anything.
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 |
Synthesis Pod is where it matters in Commander, where a 100-card singleton library makes tutoring in the middle of combat an outsized advantage and the four-player life totals give you time to set up the ability repeatedly. Legacy and Vintage legality is academic — the effect isn't fast enough to compete in those formats where one-mana interaction and free spells set the pace. Oathbreaker is the other realistic home: smaller deck size and a planeswalker commander mean the Pod's creature-to-creature conversion can close games quickly. Skip it everywhere else; Synthesis Pod is a Commander card that happens to be legal in older formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Synthesis Pod is bulk by any measure — grab a copy without thinking about it. That price reflects wide availability rather than narrow demand, and given its unique effect, it's unlikely to crater further.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.