Cosmic Hunger
Instant
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature, planeswalker, or battle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #5446
Cosmic Hunger deals damage equal to a target creature's power to another target creature or planeswalker — instant-speed, no attack required, and it scales with whatever you're already pointing at the board. The cost is that you need a creature with meaningful power in play, which makes it a role-player rather than a standalone answer; Legolas, Master Archer turns that condition into a repeatable engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Legolas, Master Archer
Legolas, Master Archer already wants to ping creatures with his own ability, and Cosmic Hunger doubles down on that gameplan by letting his power become a removal spell — 61% of Legolas decks run it for exactly that redundancy.
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant is a 8/8 deathtouch spider, so Cosmic Hunger becomes a one-sided board wipe threat at instant speed; 43% inclusion reflects how reliably she converts power into removal.
Fynn, the Fangbearer
Fynn, the Fangbearer cares about deathtouch creatures connecting, and Cosmic Hunger lets those same creatures kill blockers before combat even begins — clearing the path for poison counters.
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator is built to fight, and Cosmic Hunger gives the deck an additional non-combat fight effect that keeps opponents' threats off the board while Maarika pressures life totals.
Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra
Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra rewards killing creatures your opponents control, and Cosmic Hunger is a clean way to generate those kills at instant speed — feeding the investigate engine without spending attack steps.
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 |
Cosmic Hunger is a Commander card at heart: the sorcery-to-instant upgrade matters most in a multiplayer game where holding up interaction is a full-time job. In Pioneer and Modern, one-sided fight effects compete against much leaner interaction, and the reliance on a creature already in play makes it too conditional for most constructed lists. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth watching — green commons that generate big bodies can make Cosmic Hunger pull real weight, and the card pool there is shallow enough that instant-speed fights are meaningful. Everywhere else, treat it as Commander-specific glue.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Cosmic Hunger is bulk — grab as many copies as you need without thinking about it. Bulk instant-speed interaction in green rarely spikes unless a specific commander becomes dominant, so there's no financial case to stock up beyond personal use.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Legolas, Master Archer
- Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
- Fynn, the Fangbearer
- Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
- Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.