---
name: "Walking Sponge"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Sponge"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ULG"
set_name: "Urza's Legacy"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "000e5d65-96c3-498b-bd01-72b1a1991850"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/walking-sponge-ulg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Walking Sponge
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Sponge
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{T}: Target creature loses your choice of flying, first strike, or trample until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bant Battlemage](/printing/bant-battlemage-ala.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Phyrexian Splicer](/printing/phyrexian-splicer-plst.md) — Artifact
3. [Adarkar Windform](/printing/adarkar-windform-csp.md) — Snow Creature — Illusion
4. [Radjan Spirit](/printing/radjan-spirit-me4.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Warkite Marauder](/printing/warkite-marauder-rix.md) — Creature — Human Pirate
6. [Kinscaer Harpoonist](/printing/kinscaer-harpoonist-shm.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Legacy (ULG) #47
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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