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Utopia Mycon

Creature — Fungus

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature.
Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
Sacrifice a Saproling: Add one mana of any color.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Future Sight
Price
$6.56
EDHREC rank
#5029
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Utopia Mycon card art
Utopia Mycon turns every Saproling death into green mana, which is exactly the engine that Ghave, Guru of Spores and Slimefoot, the Stowaway need to go infinite without spending a card slot on a ritual. The cost is a one-mana 1/1 that does nothing unless you're already making Saprolings — but in the decks that want it, that condition is always met.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Slimefoot, the Stowaway

Slimefoot, the Stowaway

79.0% of decks · synergy 0.77

Slimefoot, the Stowaway drains opponents whenever a Saproling dies, so Utopia Mycon converts those deaths into mana that fuels the next wave of tokens — the two cards form a self-sustaining drain loop.

02
Shroofus Sproutsire

Shroofus Sproutsire

65.0% of decks · synergy 0.62

Shroofus Sproutsire generates a stream of fungus and Saproling tokens, and Utopia Mycon converts each sacrifice into green mana that keeps the engine churning through multiple activations per turn.

03
Ghave, Guru of Spores

Ghave, Guru of Spores

48.7% of decks · synergy 0.47

Ghave, Guru of Spores needs a mana outlet to go infinite with its token-and-counter synergies, and Utopia Mycon provides exactly that — each Saproling Ghave feeds to an effect returns green mana to reinvest immediately.

04
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

25.6% of decks · synergy 0.25

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain cares about creature tokens entering and leaving, and Utopia Mycon ensures that the Saprolings cycling through that plan generate mana rather than disappear for nothing.

05
Slimefoot and Squee

Slimefoot and Squee

21.1% of decks · synergy 0.20

Slimefoot and Squee puts Saprolings onto the battlefield repeatedly, and Utopia Mycon converts any of those tokens that hit the graveyard into green mana, smoothing out the mana demands of a deck that wants to activate multiple abilities per turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Utopia Mycon earns a real slot — it's a build-around piece that requires a critical mass of Saproling production to function, and token-centric 100-card decks provide that density naturally. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but far too slow and conditional to compete; one-mana creatures in those formats need immediate board impact, not a conditional mana ability that requires a supporting tribe. Modern is the same story: Utopia Mycon has no dedicated Saproling shell there and no redundant payoffs to support it. Play it in Commander or not at all.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Cryptolith Rite does the broadest version of Utopia Mycon's job — it taps any creature for mana rather than sacrificing Saprolings specifically, costs about a dollar, and fits into any token deck without needing a tribal constraint. If you specifically want a death-trigger mana source, Ashnod's Altar fills the slot for less money and produces colorless mana from any creature, though it lacks the recursive upside Mycon offers in infinite loops.

Price Context

Current price

$6.56 mid tier

At $6.56, Utopia Mycon sits in the mid tier — expensive enough that it's a deliberate purchase, cheap enough that it won't break a focused build. It holds that price because the Saproling combo community is small but consistent, and there's no direct functional reprint that undercuts demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.