Birthing Pod Price
4 printings · 4 sets · first printed 2011
Birthing Pod has been printed 4 times across 4 sets, first in 2011 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is New Phyrexia #104 at $12.11, while the most expensive is Judge Gift Cards 2020 #7 at $30.36 — about 3× more. The median across 4 priced printings is $13.65. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 4x total, including once in the last 2 years.
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Every Birthing Pod Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Phyrexia #104 (R) Cheapest | 2011 | $12.11 | $7.50 |
| Secret Lair Countdown #2011 (R) | 2022 | $13.30 | $8.00 |
| Secret Lair Drop #2349 (R) | 2026 | $14.00 | — |
| Judge Gift Cards 2020 #7 (R) Foil | 2020 | $30.36 | $22.00 foil |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
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, 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.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
8 PrecedentsAs you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
If a creature is copying something else, its mana value is the mana value of whatever it's copying.
A token has a mana value of 0, unless it is copying something else.
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
A creature's mana value is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). If its mana cost includes 
, X is considered to be 0. If it has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's an animated land, for example), its mana value is 0. Ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) paid when the creature was cast.