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The Skullspore Nexus

{6}{G}{G}

Legendary Artifact

LCIThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan#212mythic
Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 4520
Illustrator
Daarken
Found in
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan MTGO Redemption · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings4CombosIn 70
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.

Plays as: Creature Token Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 4h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-2.6%
$11.34
$8.49 low$1.74 gap
Foil+0.6%
$10.94
$9.03 low$1.03 gap
Cheapest playable copy$9.10· across 4 printings

Rulings

4 · latest Nov 10, 2023 · one tap opens all
  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    Once you determine the cost to cast The Skullspore Nexus, you may activate abilities to pay that cost. If the greatest power among creatures you control changes while activating mana abilities, the cost to cast The Skullspore Nexus remains what you previously determined.

  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    The first step of casting a spell is to move it to the stack. If this causes the greatest power among creatures you control to change (for example, if you control a creature with "This creature's power is equal to the number of cards in your hand"), that new power will be used to determine the cost reduction.

  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    To double a creature's power, that creature gets +X/+0, where X is that creature's power as The Skullspore Nexus's activated ability resolves.

  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    Use the power of the nontoken creatures that died as they last existed on the battlefield to determine the base power and toughness of the token created by the middle ability.