Saproling

Saproling is a creature type primarily used for tokens that depict cultivated, fungus and/or plant-based, green-aligned lifeforms.
==Description==
Though capable of reproducing by spontaneous generation, Saprolings are usually created by thallids or treefolk. "Saproling" seems to be a generic term for small plant/fungus creatures rather than a specific species. Sapro-ling means "putrid thing" or "thing from rot" from Ancient Greek σαπρός sapros (rotten, putrefied) and "-ling", the Middle English denotation for diminutives.Planeswalker's Guide to Return to Ravnica Part 2
==Dominaria==
===Sarpadia===
The first known saprolings on Dominaria were native to Sarpadia. They shared a symbiotic relationship with the thallids and spread rapidly by feeding off of the deaths resulting from the thallid rebellion against the elves. These early Dominarian saprolings had a long serpentine body and vicious fangs.
===Yavimaya===
The saprolings of Yavimaya shared ties with the treefolk of the forest. They proved remarkably effective against undead during the Phyrexian Invasion, as they would drop out of the trees and burst open, spreading rotting agents over the Phyrexian zombies that would cause them to rapidly decay. As Yavimaya had been heavily involved in preparation for the invasion, their saprolings may have been specifically bred for that purpose.
Currently, saprolings are raised and herded by thallids, who utilize them as a food source. These saprolings resemble fungi and have a great number of tentacles, which are used for locomotion as well as feeding. 
===Rift Era===
After decades of Dominarian desolation, the saprolings of Dominaria were different than those previously described. They were creatures made of thick kudzu vines, moss, algae, and fungi.
==Ixalan==
Saprolings mainly exist in the jungles of Ixalan, where they are tended by dryads and sometimes even develop on dinosaurs. They resemble flowers that move about like insects.
==Alara==
Saprolings are also present on Jund, one of the shards of Alara. They are created of plant matter, usually fungal, and have a strong connection with rotting corpses. Alaran saprolings have something resembling a shell with oversized fungal hyphae.
==Ravnica==
Saprolings exist in the urban environments of Ravnica as well. They are particularly common in the Selesnya Conclave, where they bond with the guild's root-kin elementals. Selesnya's saprolings are much more plant-like than the fungal Dominarian saprolings, resembling crystals enveloped in floral tendrils. The Golgari Swarm's saprolings are made of the bond between plants and rotting flesh that the guild seems to exemplify and have a gnarled, root-like appearance, while saprolings created by those of the Gruul Clans are fierce and resemble multiheaded centipedes.
==Notable Saprolings==
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*Shroofus Sproutsire
==Tokens==
==Trivia==
*<c>Sprout</c> from Time Spiral was originally a Saproling with flash called Sap-rise! R&D changed it to make a token because they decided that they liked Saprolings better as a token-only type.
*<c>Saproling Burst</c> is the only Saproling maker that produces tokens with sizes other than 1/1.
*<c>Blightsower Thallid</c> is the only Saproling maker that gives them a quasi-class type.
**Visually, it looks like a Saproling.
*<c>Vindictive Mob</c> is an anti-Saproling creature.
*<c>Shroofus Sproutsire</c> from Foundations Jumpstart is both the first Legendary Saproling and the first non-token Saproling.
==Gallery==
File:9Esaproling.jpg|Ninth Edition 
File:RIXsaproling.jpg|Rivals of Ixalan 
==References==