Gilded Goose
Gilded Goose: Creature - Bird, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Flying. When this creature enters, create a Food token. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {G}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature - Bird
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 0/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 269
- Artist
- Lindsey Look
- Commander rank
- 798 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Food
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About Gilded Goose
Gilded Goose is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 269 in that set, with art by Lindsey Look. It costs {G} (one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 0/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Throne of Eldraine (2019) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.61 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
{1}{G}, {T}: Create a Food token.
{T}, Sacrifice a Food: Add one mana of any color.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.61 (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 Gilded Goose by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Gilded Goose
Gilded Goose has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #221 | Rare | 2024 |
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #83 | Rare | 2024 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #246 | Rare | 2023 |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #299 | Rare | 2023 |
| Store Championships (SCH) #5 | Rare | 2022 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #93 | Rare | 2020 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #160 | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #369 | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #160p | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #160s | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Gilded Goose, newest first.
- If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature - Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
- Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Gilded Goose is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.