what happens if you sacrifice a creature while its in morph? do you just search your library for another creature w/ converted mana cost 4? does the card flip, before you sacrifice it, so you can search for a creature whose converted mana cost is actually 1 higher than the aforementioned morph creature? if so, would flip abilities work?
sorry - me = big noob; please go easy on me =)
-andoroth
Posted By:
andoroth
(7/17/2011 12:27:04 PM)
Is the sacrifice part of the cost?
That said, I would love to sac Wurmcoil Engine and drop either Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite or Sheoldred, Whispering One.
This could also be a fun artifact in EDH..
Posted By:
Kitty_the_Kat
(7/24/2011 2:49:25 PM)
Use it with living weapon and you can tutor up anything with converted mana cost of {1} in your deck...also works well with any tokens (such as eldrazi spawn tokens)....also Mimic Vat...
Posted By:
tcollins
(7/28/2011 3:04:09 PM)
I might play this in a deck with artifact creatures and Semblance Anvil,
so the card can be cast and activated for the first time for 
and 4 life.
Then you can get yourself a creature that provides card advantage like Vedalken Archmage, and cast some more stuff for few or no mana thanks to the Anvil. Or something like Indomitable Archangel to protect your artifacts (for future turns only though, since the ability sadly only activates at Sorcery-speed).
Posted By:
Mode
(8/5/2011 7:06:55 AM)
What about creature tokens do they retain the CMC of the card they were spawned from?
Posted By:
Sidneyious
(8/8/2011 2:27:44 AM)
Great card, I'm glad I managed to grab a playset back when they were 2.99.
Posted By:
kashonismw
(9/18/2011 6:16:42 AM)
With this birthing pod, the GREAT LORD EGOTIST is...REBORN!!
Posted By:
Axelle
(9/23/2011 8:31:12 PM)
@Sidneyious
From my understanding, the tokens have a CMC of 0, which means if you sac them, you have to search for a creature with a CMC of 1. This is true regardless of the token being made, but token COPIES are a different story (I'm not sure if the entirety of the creature is copied, especially with permanents that become copies of other things, so I don't know if it would still keep the same CMC).
Posted By:
Zielheim
(10/15/2011 7:22:35 PM)
this card encourages people to make interesting decks, because you don't need playsets of every card. birthing pod acts like a toolbox, letting you tutor the solution to anything your opponent is playing.
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(10/30/2011 1:26:56 PM)
@Lief098 That would TOTALLY work. If Birthing Pod happened at Instant speed.
Posted By:
gtamaster503
(12/6/2011 5:29:41 AM)