Vona's Hunger
Vona's Hunger: Instant, Rivals of Ixalan. Ascend. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan (RIX)
- Released
- 2018-01-19
- Collector number
- 90
- Artist
- Zack Stella
- Commander rank
- 3,817 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Ascend
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About Vona's Hunger
Vona's Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black instant from Rivals of Ixalan (RIX), an expansion set released in January 2018. It is collector number 90 in that set, with art by Zack Stella. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.08 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you have the city's blessing, instead each opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.08 (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 Vona's Hunger 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 |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Vona's Hunger
Vona's Hunger has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #90p | Rare | 2018 |
| Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #90s | Rare | 2018 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Vona's Hunger, newest first.
- If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the “Legend Rule” or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city’s blessing before it leaves the battlefield.
- A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren’t permanents.
- When Vona’s Hunger resolves, first the player whose turn it is (if that player is an opponent) chooses which creature or creatures they will sacrifice, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, then all chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time. Players will know choices made by earlier players when making their choices.
- Once you have the city’s blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your permanents. The city’s blessing isn’t a permanent itself and can’t be removed by any effect.
- If you control ten permanents but don’t control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don’t get the city’s blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of one, then cast Golden Demise, you won’t have the city’s blessing and the spell will affect creatures you control.
- If you cast a spell with ascend, you don’t get the city’s blessing until it resolves. Players may respond to that spell by trying to change whether you get the city’s blessing.
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