---
name: "Summoner's Egg"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Egg"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Imprint"]
set: "5DN"
set_name: "Fifth Dawn"
collector_number: "157"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "2209ebd4-1131-4b8e-b0f5-aa9506dc0057"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/summoners-egg-5dn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Summoner's Egg
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Egg
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/4
- **Keywords:** Imprint

## Oracle Text
Imprint — When this creature enters, you may exile a card from your hand face down.
When this creature dies, turn the exiled card face up. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield under your control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Clone Shell](/printing/clone-shell-2xm.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Compleated Clone Shell](/printing/compleated-clone-shell-unk.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
3. [Myr Welder](/printing/myr-welder-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Myr
4. [Soul Foundry](/printing/soul-foundry-mrd.md) — Artifact
5. [Chrome Mox](/printing/chrome-mox-2xm.md) — Artifact
6. [Phyrexian Ingester](/printing/phyrexian-ingester-nph.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Dawn (5DN) #157
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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