---
name: "Birthing Pod"
mana_cost: "{3}{G/P}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "104"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "f8b9dd54-0837-47f4-ad14-7a0322d46d5f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/birthing-pod-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "banned"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Birthing Pod
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G/P}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.)
{1}{G/P}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spawning Pod](/printing/spawning-pod-yone.md) — Artifact
2. [Birthing Ritual](/printing/birthing-ritual-mh3.md) — Enchantment
3. [March of Burgeoning Life](/printing/march-of-burgeoning-life-neo.md) — Instant
4. [Eldritch Evolution](/printing/eldritch-evolution-pemn.md) — Sorcery
5. [Synthesis Pod](/printing/synthesis-pod-onc.md) — Artifact
6. [Neoform](/printing/neoform-war.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #104
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `banned` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`