Magic: The Gathering's Commander format receives a new version of Birthing Pod with Synthesis Pod

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Magic: The Gathering’s Phyrexia: All Will Be One expansion is all set to feature some Commander cards for the non-draft products. Legal in Eternal formats, these particular cards will be incredibly interesting and wildly powerful at times. Here, Commander players get a version of a card that's so strong that it was banned in other formats like Modern.

Certain members of the community genuinely miss Birthing Pod and the ridiculous power that it had. The latest version is called Synthesis Pod and it will be present in Magic: The Gathering's Phyrexia: All Will Be One expansion. Considering that it's similar to its predecessor, its arrival should make things very interesting for Commander players going into early 2023.

The original card, Birthing Pod, allowed you to sacrifice a creature you control. You could then search your deck for a creature card that had a Mana Value equal to that card plus 1. Essentially, if you sacrificed a 3-cost creature, you could pull a 4-cost creature in its place. This was overwhelmingly powerful and was frequently used in several combos.

This time around, there’s a brand new Magic: The Gathering card that works similarly, known as Synthesis Pod. However, this card isn’t focused on creatures, but on spells that are on the stack, which is what makes it so interesting.

What makes this card so powerful? The first part is information as you potentially get to look at a huge portion of your opponent's deck and get an idea of what they’re running. Next, you get to cast a spell for free from that player’s Magic: The Gathering deck without paying its mana cost.

But why would you want to exile your spell while it’s on the stack? In particular, it’s a great response to having a spell countered. You could