wotc
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #156
Taste of Death
c21·#156·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Chris Rallis
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wishlisted
Apr '21
5 yr ago
Value
$0.40+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $0.40 · low $0.39
Volatility · moderate
USD$0.40EUR€0.28
NM$0.40
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #11,452 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
Each player sacrifices three creatures of their choice. You create three Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
"Hone the knife and mourn the least. Three chimes to sound the sweet, grim feast."
—Barrow witch incantation
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 6
wotc
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.
wotc
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
wotc
Context
Last observed at $0.40, stable around $0.40 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.29 and $0.40 across 33 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 21 hours ago at $0.40.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from C21 — 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.
This card belongs to *Commander 2021* (released April 2021).
Card #156 in Commander 2021.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {4}{B}{B} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Food.
Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,452 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Chris Rallis. Rarix tracks 691 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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