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Case of the Uneaten Feast

Enchantment — Case

Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
To solve — You've gained 5 or more life this turn. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — Sacrifice this Case: Creature cards in your graveyard gain "You may cast this card from your graveyard" until end of turn.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
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Price
$1.13
EDHREC rank
#5571
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Case of the Uneaten Feast card art
Case of the Uneaten Feast resolves and immediately puts three +1/+1 counters on a creature — no waiting, no hoops — and solving it later turns a token producer like Scurry Oak into a life-gain engine that chains into itself. The cost is two mana and the patience to gain 3 life in a single turn, which Amalia Benavides Aguirre decks clear in their sleep.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Amalia Benavides Aguirre

49.0% of decks · synergy 0.47

Amalia Benavides Aguirre triggers off every life-gain event, so Case of the Uneaten Feast landing three counters on her immediately and then solving to generate more life gain creates the exact recursive loop the deck is built around.

02
Trelasarra, Moon Dancer

Trelasarra, Moon Dancer

24.6% of decks · synergy 0.24

Trelasarra, Moon Dancer grows from every life-gain trigger, and Case of the Uneaten Feast's front-loaded counters plus its solved-state life gain means Trelasarra can pick up four or more counters from a single card over a game.

03
Darien, King of Kjeldor

Darien, King of Kjeldor

23.7% of decks · synergy 0.21

Darien, King of Kjeldor produces Soldiers whenever you take damage, and Case of the Uneaten Feast's solved ability layers a life-gain payoff on top of that token flood, converting the board state into a cushion that keeps Darien's engine running.

04
Karlov of the Ghost Council

Karlov of the Ghost Council

21.8% of decks · synergy 0.19

Karlov of the Ghost Council gains a counter for each life-gain trigger, and Case of the Uneaten Feast's ability to generate repeated small life gains — especially once solved — hands Karlov the consistent stream of triggers he needs to threaten an exile.

05
Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

18.1% of decks · synergy 0.17

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant rewards you for reaching high life totals, and Case of the Uneaten Feast contributes early counter pressure plus ongoing life gain that inches that total up reliably over a long game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Case of the Uneaten Feast is legal across every major constructed format but has found its real home in Commander, where the Amalia Benavides Aguirre combo shell treats it as a near-staple. In Pioneer and Modern, the card sees fringe play in dedicated life-gain or +1/+1 counter shells, but it competes with more efficient payoffs and lacks the redundancy that makes it shine in multiplayer. Standard playability is real but narrow — you need a deck built around life-gain synergies for the case to do more than pad a creature. Outside of Commander, Case of the Uneaten Feast is a role-player, not a format staple.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

119 decks
Basking BroodscaleCase of the Uneaten FeastCleric Class

Basking BroodscaleCase of the Uneaten FeastCleric Class

Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana

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102 decks
Treebeard, Gracious HostScurry OakCase of the Uneaten Feast

Treebeard, Gracious HostScurry OakCase of the Uneaten Feast

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$1.13 cheap tier

At $1.13, Case of the Uneaten Feast sits in the cheap tier — low enough to include without a second thought if you're building any white-black life-gain Commander deck. Demand is anchored to the Amalia Benavides Aguirre combo community, so the price is stable but unlikely to climb unless a new combo shell emerges.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.