Famished Ghoul
Creature — Zombie
, Sacrifice this creature: Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #30544
Famished Ghoul puts a repeatable sacrifice outlet on the board that also generates Food tokens, which is a real two-for-one in any deck that wants creatures dying. The cost is that the ability is sorcery-speed and costs mana, so it never threatens to run away with the game on its own.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Famished Ghoul earns a slot in aristocrats and Food-matters builds where redundancy on sacrifice outlets is worth a card — Gyome, Master Chef and similar commanders get genuine mileage out of the Food upside. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the rate is far too slow for those formats. Famished Ghoul is a bulk role-player: useful in the right Commander shell, invisible everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Famished Ghoul is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. It won't appreciate; this is a low-demand niche card, and you're paying for function, not scarcity.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.