Bartered Cow
Creature — Ox
When this creature dies and when you discard this card, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #19809
Bartered Cow trades a 3/1 body for a Food token on death, making it a two-for-one only if you're actively engineering its demise. Outside of dedicated sacrifice or Food synergy shells, it's too low-impact to justify a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bartered Cow is a bulk common, and that's where it stays in nearly every format. In Pauper it's legal but competes with more efficient sacrifice fodder that doesn't ask you to pay three mana upfront. Modern and Pioneer have no meaningful Food or sacrifice decks that would reach this far down the curve for a vanilla-sized creature. Commander is the one place Bartered Cow can find a home — specifically in Korvold, Famine-Cursed King or Gyome, Master Chef strategies that reward both sacrificing creatures and generating Food, but even there it's a fringe inclusion rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Bartered Cow is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Price stability is a non-issue here; it will stay a bulk common unless a future Food synergy card accidentally drags it along for the ride.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.