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◇ Catalog #312

The Goose Mother

soc·#312·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Jesper Ejsing

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wishlisted

Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$0.34+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.35 · low $0.32

NM$0.34

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.31–$0.36modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.12low $0.19range 489.5%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,925 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.34

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra

Flying The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up. Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2024-11-08wotc

You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.

2024-11-08wotc

Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.

2024-11-08wotc

Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

2024-11-08wotc

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.34. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.19 and $1.12 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SOC — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #312 of *Secrets of Strixhaven Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven Commander release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra, color identity green/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{G}{U} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Food.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,925 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jesper Ejsing. Rarix catalogs 1,060 other cards credited to this artist.