Food Chain
Food Chain: Enchantment, Double Masters 2022. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Double Masters 2022 (2X2)
- Released
- 2022-07-08
- Collector number
- 147
- Artist
- Daarken
- Commander rank
- 2,112 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Food Chain
Food Chain is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare green enchantment from Double Masters 2022 (2X2), a Masters set released in July 2022. It is collector number 147 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Duel Commander and Historic. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Mercadian Masques (1999) to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $26.73 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Exile a creature you control: Add X mana of any one color, where X is 1 plus the exiled creature's mana value. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells.
Every predator is something else's prey.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $26.73 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Food Chain by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Banned |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Food Chain
Food Chain has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC) #133 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1369 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #460 | Mythic | 2022 |
| The List (PLST) #MMQ-246 | Rare | 2020 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #69947 | Rare | 2018 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2018 (J18) #8 | Rare | 2018 |
| Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #246 | Rare | 1999 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Food Chain, newest first.
- This mana may not be used to pay costs imposed after the spell is initially cast.
- This mana may be used on additional costs to cast the spell, such as Kicker.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.