Famine

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Famine: Sorcery, Commander 2013. Famine deals 3 damage to each creature and each player. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander 2013 (C13)
Released
2013-11-01
Collector number
77
Artist
Karla Ortiz
Commander rank
25,035 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Famine

Famine is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Commander 2013 (C13), a Commander product released in November 2013. It is collector number 77 in that set, with art by Karla Ortiz. It costs {3}{B}{B} (three generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Portal Three Kingdoms (1999) to Vintage Masters (2014). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Famine deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.

"Better to starve to death than be bored to death." -Liliana Vess

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

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

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Famine

Famine has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Vintage Masters (VMA) #120Uncommon2014
Masters Edition III (ME3) #65Uncommon2009
Portal Three Kingdoms (PTK) #75Uncommon1999

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