---
name: "Evolving Door"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "144"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Drew Baker"
oracle_id: "30e4849e-c58c-4b65-9fb3-7aa40c944904"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/evolving-door-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Evolving Door
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Count the colors of the sacrificed creature, then search your library for a creature card that's exactly that many colors plus one. Exile that card, then shuffle. You may cast the exiled card. Activate only as a sorcery.

> *In with the old, out with the new.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eldritch Evolution](/printing/eldritch-evolution-pemn.md) — Sorcery
2. [Evolutionary Leap](/printing/evolutionary-leap-ncc.md) — Enchantment
3. [Orazca Puzzle-Door](/printing/orazca-puzzle-door-lci.md) — Artifact
4. [Enigmatic Incarnation](/printing/enigmatic-incarnation-thb.md) — Enchantment
5. [Pyre of Heroes](/printing/pyre-of-heroes-khm.md) — Artifact
6. [Neoform](/printing/neoform-war.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #144
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Drew Baker
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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