---
name: "The Skullspore Nexus"
mana_cost: "{6}{G}{G}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Legendary Artifact"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Double"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "212"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "ba26ff0a-e714-44f2-95cf-1a5a6088edf9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-skullspore-nexus-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# The Skullspore Nexus
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{G}{G}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact
- **Keywords:** Double

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
Whenever one or more nontoken creatures you control die, create a green Fungus Dinosaur creature token with base power and toughness each equal to the total power of those creatures.
{2}, {T}: Double target creature's power until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Great Henge](/printing/the-great-henge-ltc.md) — Legendary Artifact
2. [Mitotic Ultimus](/printing/mitotic-ultimus-ydft.md) — Legendary Creature — Ooze Giant
3. [Nemesis of Mortals](/printing/nemesis-of-mortals-pio.md) — Creature — Snake
4. [Thundering Spineback](/printing/thundering-spineback-lcc.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
5. [Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus](/printing/zopandrel-hunger-dominus-pone.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror
6. [The Cauldron of Eternity](/printing/the-cauldron-of-eternity-peld.md) — Legendary Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #212
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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