Feed the Cauldron
Instant
Destroy target creature with mana value 3 or less. If it's your turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #13531
Feed the Cauldron destroys a creature and creates a Food token — two effects on one card for two mana at instant speed. Outside of dedicated Food synergy builds, it's outclassed by cheaper removal that doesn't ask you to care about the artifact upside, but Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar makes both halves matter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar's activated ability costs life and requires a Food sacrifice, so Feed the Cauldron does double duty — it clears a blocker and stocks the pantry in a single spell, keeping the engine running without needing a dedicated Food producer on board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Feed the Cauldron is a role-player in Food-matters decks and largely ignored everywhere else — two mana to kill a creature is acceptable, but the token only earns its slot if you have a payoff for it. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, it doesn't clear the bar: Fatal Push, Path to Exile, and Unholy Heat all cost less and answer more. Pauper is the one format where the Food token has more upside thanks to the density of sacrifice and lifegain synergies at common, making Feed the Cauldron a reasonable inclusion in the right shell. Standard and Legacy are legal but unlikely homes — the card simply has too much competition at every angle.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Feed the Cauldron is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought or pull from a draft leftovers pile. That price is stable by nature; there's no spike potential here unless a future commander makes Food tokens dramatically more powerful.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.