Urge to Feed

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Urge to Feed: Instant, Foundations Jumpstart. Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{B}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
Released
2024-11-15
Collector number
502
Artist
Johann Bodin
Commander rank
11,585 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Urge to Feed

Urge to Feed is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black instant from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 502 in that set, with art by Johann Bodin. It costs {B}{B} (two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Worldwake (2010) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You may tap any number of untapped Vampire creatures you control. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those Vampires.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (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 Urge to Feed by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Urge to Feed

Urge to Feed has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #139Uncommon2021
Explorers of Ixalan (E02) #21Uncommon2017
Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (DDK) #22Uncommon2013
Worldwake (WWK) #70Uncommon2010

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Urge to Feed, newest first.

  • If you cast Urge to Feed targeting an untapped Vampire creature you control with toughness 3, its toughness will be reduced to 0 by the -3/-3 effect. However, state-based actions aren't checked until the spell has finished resolving. You may then tap that Vampire and put a +1/+1 counter on it, raising its toughness to 1. It will remain on the battlefield.
  • You don't choose which untapped Vampire creatures you control to tap (if any) until Urge to Feed resolves.
  • If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time Urge to Feed resolves, the entire spell doesn't resolve. You can't tap any Vampires.

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