MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #16

Feed the Swarm

DIGITAL ONLY

omb·#16·common·nonfoil

Illus. Nino Is

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '25

11 mo ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #89 · Format staple

Variants

Nonfoil$1.12

Gameplay

Sorcery

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2024-11-08wotc

If a permanent on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

2024-11-08wotc

If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Feed the Swarm tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't lose any life. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), you do lose life.

2024-11-08wotc

The amount of life you lose is determined by the permanent's mana value as it last existed on the battlefield.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from OMB — 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 #16 of *Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2025 Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #89 in Commander, putting it in the format-staple tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Nino Is. Rarix catalogs 146 other cards credited to this artist.