Ancient Craving

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Ancient Craving: Sorcery, Jumpstart 2022. You draw three cards and you lose 3 life. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
376
Artist
Rob Alexander
Commander rank
5,796 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Ancient Craving

Ancient Craving is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Jumpstart 2022 (J22), a draft-focused set released in December 2022. It is collector number 376 in that set, with art by Rob Alexander. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Portal Second Age (1998) to Jumpstart 2022 (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.49 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Knowledge demands sacrifice.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.49 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Ancient Craving by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Ancient Craving

Ancient Craving has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #117Uncommon2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #135Uncommon2021
The List (PLST) #P02-62Rare2020
Masters 25 (A25) #79Uncommon2018
Commander 2015 (C15) #114Rare2015
Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (DDK) #28Rare2013
Starter 1999 (S99) #64Rare1999
Portal Second Age (P02) #62Rare1998

Similar cards

Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Ancient Craving is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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