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Feed the Cycle, art by Donato Giancola
Art by Donato Giancola · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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Feed the Cycle

{1}{B} · Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, forage or pay {B}. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Rulings (5)

Jul 26, 2024 · If you don't have enough cards in your graveyard or a Food on the battlefield, you can't choose to forage.

Jul 26, 2024 · Once you announce that you're casting a spell or activating an ability, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard or Foods you control to stop you from foraging.

Nov 8, 2024 · Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.

Nov 8, 2024 · 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.

Nov 8, 2024 · Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardLegal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=72 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Sultai ControlStandard50%4
MillModern37.5%16
Dimir DelverLegacy3.8%52
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Feed the Cycle — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

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