edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Viral Spawning

Viral Spawning

Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{G}

How we read this card

Create a 3/3 green Phyrexian Beast creature token with toxic 1.

on-cast — makes a token

As long as an opponent has three or more poison counters and this card is in your graveyard, it has flashback {2}{G}.

on-cast — grants a keyword

Causes: create a Beast creature token, create a Phyrexian creature token, put a Beast creature token onto the battlefield, put a Phyrexian creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

  1. Essence of Orthodoxy — When a Phyrexian enters thanks to Viral Spawning, Essence of Orthodoxy puts a counter on a permanent

a Beast enters the battlefield — 632 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

When a Beast enters thanks to Viral Spawning:

  1. Totem Speaker — gains you 3 life
  2. Wirewood Savage — draws you 1 card
  3. Woodland Liege — draws you 1 card
  4. Aether Charge — deals 4 damage

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Birthing Ritual — Viral Spawning makes fodder for Birthing Ritual

2,719 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

When a Phyrexian or Beast enters thanks to Viral Spawning:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Viral Spawning makes a Phyrexian or Beast token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

When a Phyrexian or Beast enters thanks to Viral Spawning:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

When Viral Spawning makes a Phyrexian or Beast token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

When Viral Spawning is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

When a Phyrexian or Beast enters thanks to Viral Spawning:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  5. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  6. General Kreat, the Boltbringer — deals 1 damage
  7. Sage of the Falls — draws you 1 card
  8. Mogg Bombers — sacrifices itself
  9. Flame-Kin War Scout — sacrifices itself
  10. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself

328 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a Phyrexian or Beast enters thanks to Viral Spawning, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

35 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Viral Spawning is one).

When Viral Spawning is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.