Brood Birthing

~$0.35 low · ~$4.98 high

Red. Sorcery

No. 138 What the codes mean

Rise of the Eldrazi #138 · Illustrated by Anthony Francisco

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~$0.35

Non-foil · Rise of the Eldrazi #138

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~$4.98

Foil · Rise of the Eldrazi #138

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If you control an Eldrazi Spawn, create three 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens. They have "Sacrifice this token: Add ." Otherwise, create one of those tokens.

Format legality

StandardNot legal

PioneerNot legal

ModernLegal

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

CommanderLegal

PauperLegal

BrawlNot legal

The only printing of Brood Birthing

Printing	Rarity	Non-foil	Foil	Cardmarket (EUR)	My collection
Rise of the Eldrazi roe #138· 2010common· Cardmarket €0.45 · €5.64 foil	common	$0.35	$4.98	€0.45 €5.64 foil

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Card details

First printed: 2010
Printings: 1
Mana value: 2
EDHREC rank: #13,070 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Artist: Anthony Francisco

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Rise of the Eldrazi card (#138).

138

138Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.

Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.

How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.

Rulings (2)

2010-06-15
If you put a single token onto the battlefield this way, it's exactly like the ones specified earlier: it's a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token that has "Sacrifice this creature: Add ."
2010-06-15
Whether you control an Eldrazi Spawn is checked as Brood Birthing resolves.

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