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◇ Catalog #29

Feed the Swarm

soa·#29·uncommon·showcase

Illus. Paul Adam

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Apr '26

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Value

$0.31+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.32 · low $0.29

NM$0.31

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$0.29–$0.33modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.95low $0.01range 9400.0%n 89

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #89 · Format staple

Variants

Showcase$0.31

Gameplay

Sorcery

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

"You cannot fight the Hunger Tide. You can only run, hide—and pray." —Entry in a tattered journal

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

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.31. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.01 and $0.95 across 89 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SOA — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #29 of *Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. 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 Paul Adam. Rarix catalogs 8 other cards credited to this artist.