Thought Sponge
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander 2019C19 · #12
- Card type
- Creature — Sponge
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.23 € · 0.32 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Flash This creature enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest number of cards an opponent has drawn this turn. When this creature dies, draw cards equal to its power.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Jason Kang
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-08-23
Rulings
Thought Sponge checks how many cards were drawn by opponents this turn, even opponents who have left the game. The greatest number drawn by a single opponent is how many +1/+1 counters it enters with.
Thought Sponge checks the total number of cards drawn by each opponent, not how many were drawn due to a single instruction.
Thought Sponge gets its +1/+1 counters at the moment it enters the battlefield. There's not a time that it's on the battlefield before its replacement effect has applied.
Use Thought Sponge's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards to draw for its last ability. If that number is negative, you neither draw nor discard cards.