Neoform is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it, then shuffle.
Complete guide
Neoform is a powerful biological evolution spell that allows you to trade a creature on the battlefield for a stronger one from your library. By sacrificing a creature as a cost, you can tutor exactly what you need to advance your game plan. This sorcery not only finds your next threat but ensures it enters the fray slightly stronger than usual.
Sacrifice and Casting
To cast Neoform, you must pay its mana cost of one Green and one Blue mana, and you must sacrifice exactly one creature you control. This sacrifice is an additional cost, meaning it happens as you are putting the spell on the stack. Because it is a cost, your opponents cannot react by killing the creature you intend to sacrifice; by the time they get priority to respond, the creature is already in the graveyard and Neoform is successfully cast.
Resolving the Evolution
Once Neoform resolves, you search your library for a creature card with a mana value exactly equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value plus one. For example, sacrificing a creature with mana value 2 lets you find a creature with mana value 3. The new creature enters the battlefield directly. Even if the creature wouldn't normally have counters, Neoform places an additional +1/+1 counter on it as it enters. Finally, you must shuffle your library.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
A common point of confusion involves cards with 'X' in their cost. For both the sacrificed creature and the creature you are searching for, X is treated as 0 when calculating mana value. Additionally, remember that most tokens have a mana value of 0, meaning sacrificing a standard token will let you search for a creature with mana value 1. You cannot sacrifice multiple creatures to find a much larger one; the cost is strictly one creature for one new card.
Strategic Timing
Since Neoform is a sorcery, you can only cast it during your main phase when the stack is empty. It is best used to turn a creature that has already served its purpose—such as one with an 'enters the battlefield' ability—into a more relevant threat. Because the new creature gets a +1/+1 counter, it is also a great way to put a low-stature utility creature out of range of cheap removal spells.
Interaction examples
If you control a creature with mana value 2, you cast Neoform and sacrifice it as a cost. You then search your library for a creature with mana value 3. That new creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter, and then you shuffle your library.
If you sacrifice a 1/1 Soldier token (which has a mana value of 0) to Neoform, you search your library for a creature card with mana value 1. That creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter, turning a simple token into a permanent threat.
Cultivate
FarseekWhile cards like Cultivate and Farseek help you fix your mana and thin your library, Neoform focuses on creature density. You might use Farseek on turn two to accelerate your mana, then use Neoform on turn three to sacrifice a low-cost creature and pull a powerful 3-drop or 4-drop creature directly into play to dominate the mid-game.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Neoform
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you can't cast it without sacrificing one, and you can't sacrifice additional creatures.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Players can respond to Neoform only after it's been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to stop you from casting this spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature or a creature card in your library has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Tokens that aren't a copy of something else don't have a mana cost. Anything without a mana cost normally has a mana value of 0.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
A creature put onto the battlefield this way enters the battlefield with one +1/+1 counter if it would otherwise enter with no +1/+1 counters.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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