Feed the Swarm
Feed the Swarm: Sorcery, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 180
- Artist
- Andrey Kuzinskiy
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About Feed the Swarm
Feed the Swarm is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black sorcery from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 180 in that set, with art by Andrey Kuzinskiy. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 23 sets, from Zendikar Rising (2020) to Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
"On vile wings and bloody wind, the swarm will rise." -Skyclave inscription
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Feed the Swarm by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Feed the Swarm
Feed the Swarm has been printed in 23 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #162 | Common | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #283 | Common | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #41 | Common | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #159 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #29 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #94 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #257 | Common | 2025 |
| Marvel Universe (MAR) #16 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet (OMB) #16 | Common | 2025 |
| Foundations (FDN) #712 | Common | 2024 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #78 | Common | 2024 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #134 | Common | 2024 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Feed the Swarm, newest first.
- If a permanent on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
- 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.
- The amount of life you lose is determined by the permanent's mana value as it last existed on the battlefield.
Similar cards
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