Fodder Tosser
Artifact
, Discard a card: This artifact deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #23214
Fodder Tosser turns a stream of expendable creatures into a repeatable direct-damage engine, pinging for 2 every time you sacrifice something. The cost is real — you need a steady supply of fodder and a deck built to exploit it — but in the right shell it pulls double duty as a sac outlet and a win condition.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Fodder Tosser earns its slot, specifically in sacrifice-themed decks that already generate tokens or recur cheap creatures in bulk. In Pauper it's legal and the common slot is competitive, but the format's creature-light aggro and control metagame rarely wants a three-mana setup piece that requires a board state to function. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster, more resilient engines, so Fodder Tosser doesn't make the cut there outside of fringe combo shells. The card's ceiling is squarely in Commander, where the game length gives you time to build a sacrifice loop and 40 life totals make incremental pings matter more at the table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Fodder Tosser is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. That price holds because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful, so don't expect movement unless a high-profile sacrifice commander drives sudden buyout interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.