Feast or Famine
Instant
Choose one —
• Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
• Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #25773
Feast or Famine gives you a removal spell and a free token — or a free token and a removal spell — at instant speed for three mana, which is a real two-for-one on the same card. The catch is that neither half is efficient on its own, so it only pulls weight in decks that specifically want black tokens or need modal flexibility on end steps.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Feast or Famine occupies a narrow niche: token-hungry black commanders who want instant-speed action and don't mind paying three mana for split utility. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but won't touch it — both formats move too fast for a three-mana instant that doesn't stabilize a board. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where Feast or Famine could theoretically see play, since commons with modal value are prized there, though the competition at this slot is steep. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's sensibility that the same token-synergy argument applies at smaller scale.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Feast or Famine is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no meaningful price floor to worry about; pick it up if the effect fits, and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.