Birthing Pod
Artifact
Oracle Text
( can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
, 
, 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.
Legalities
legal
6commanderduellegacyoathbreakerpredhvintage
banned
1modern
Not Legal
14alchemybrawlfuturegladiatorhistoricoldschoolpauper
Prices
Foil$31.72
Other Printings (2)
Cards with similar effect (5)
Rulings
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.
wotc · 2011-06-01
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
wotc · 2011-06-01
As 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.
wotc · 2011-06-01
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
wotc · 2011-06-01
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
wotc · 2011-06-01
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 