Arcane Foundry › Commanders › Shroofus Sproutsire
Shroofus Sproutsire
Legendary Creature — Saproling · {2}{G} · Green commander
What Shroofus Sproutsire actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever a Saproling you control deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
- Keyword · trampletrample
What a Shroofus Sproutsire deck needs
Plays as saproling typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- saproling creatures (its text counts them)
- many cheap evasive attackers and team evasion (every creature that connects triggers it)
The Shroofus Sproutsire deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 11× A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Shroofus Sproutsire
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
- Gingerbrute1 mana
- Hungering Hydra1 mana
- Signal Pest1 mana
- Ornithopter0 mana
- Gilded Goose1 mana
- Kessig Prowler // Sinuous Predator1 mana
- Spire Tracer1 mana
- Treetop Scout1 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Shroofus Sproutsire3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Finale of Devastation2 mana
- Beastmaster Ascension3 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Assault Formation2 mana
- Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse2 mana
- Sylvan Anthem2 mana
- Weaver of Harmony2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Hurricane1 mana
- Nevinyrral's Disk4 mana
- Season of Gathering6 mana
- Gale Force5 mana
- Corrosive Gale1 mana
- Tropical Storm1 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Elemental Bond3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
Build this deck in the Arcane Forge →
Arcane Foundry is free to join and every tool is included: the Arcane Forge deck builder, the ARCANE Analyzer that scores a deck by simulating games rather than counting staples, a card scanner, a collection vault, and live webcam Commander tables.
Read the guide · Browse all commanders · Pricing