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Sword of Feast and Famine

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from black and from green.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card and you untap all lands you control.
Equip {2}

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
mythic
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#544
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Sword of Feast and Famine card art
Sword of Feast and Famine untaps all your lands on a successful hit — that's a second main phase with a full mana bar, which is backbreaking in any deck that can reliably connect. The three-mana equip cost is real, but the discard trigger compounds pressure fast, and commanders like Cloud, Midgar Mercenary turn the untap into a full extra turn engine when paired with Aggravated Assault.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

62.7% of decks · synergy 0.57

Cloud, Midgar Mercenary appears in over 62% of registered lists, and the reason is straightforward: the untap trigger from Sword of Feast and Famine feeds directly into Cloud's mana-hungry activated abilities and combat tricks, letting him threaten a kill the same turn he connects.

02
Captain America, First Avenger

Captain America, First Avenger

59.7% of decks · synergy 0.55

Captain America, First Avenger wants to swing wide and punish blocked and unblocked attacks alike, and Sword of Feast and Famine's protection from black and green makes connecting significantly easier while refilling mana for post-combat plays.

03
Noctis, Heir Apparent

Noctis, Heir Apparent

52.1% of decks · synergy 0.48

Noctis, Heir Apparent leans on repeated combat and equipment synergies, and Sword of Feast and Famine delivers both — protection that dodges common blockers and an untap trigger that bankrolls whatever Noctis needs to do after damage resolves.

04
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton

Ratonhnhaké꞉ton

48.2% of decks · synergy 0.44

Ratonhnhaké꞉ton rewards aggressive, evasive play, and Sword of Feast and Famine slots in as both a protection piece and a mana engine that converts a clean hit into a threatening second wave of action.

05
Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

45.5% of decks · synergy 0.41

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima appears in nearly 45% of lists running Sword of Feast and Famine because the discard trigger pairs with Jin's hand-pressure gameplan while the untap creates the mana surplus needed to develop threats post-combat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Sword of Feast and Famine does its best work — 100-card singleton means you can't count on drawing it every game, but when it lands on an evasive commander it often just wins. The untap trigger scales with mana density, so the more expensive your gameplan, the more busted a connected hit becomes. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but rarely played; the three-mana equip cost is too slow for formats where games end on turn two or three, and Batterskull or other more tempo-efficient equipment see more play. Modern has enough artifact hate and faster clocks to keep Sword of Feast and Famine out of the competitive mainstream, though it occasionally appears in Urza-style shells that can generate surplus mana to pay the equip cost without flinching.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

3,421 decks
Hellkite ChargerSword of Feast and Famine

Hellkite ChargerSword of Feast and Famine

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite damage; Opponents discard their hands; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite untap of lands you control

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Sword of Feast and Famine has historically sat in the $25–$40 range due to sustained Commander demand and the absence of a budget functional replacement — no other equipment untaps your lands on damage. Check current buylist and retail prices on Scryfall or TCGPlayer before buying, as multiple printings across Masters sets and Universes Beyond products have created meaningful price variation between editions.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.