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Cruel Feeding Journey into Nyx MTG card

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Cruel Feeding

INSTANT Common
Journey into Nyx JOU #64 EDHREC #25,212
$0.06
-14.3% 7 days

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Cruel Feeding Price Summary

Cruel Feeding's current headline price is $0.06.

Cruel Feeding Printings & Prices

1 printings

Cruel Feeding has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

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Cruel Feeding Rules Text & Legality

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Instant — mana cost {B}

Strive — This spell costs {2}{B} more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +1/+0 and gain lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Cruel Feeding is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper, and not legal in Standard.

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Not legal

Cruel Feeding Rulings

5 most recent
  • Apr 26, 2014 If a spell or ability allows you to cast a strive spell without paying its mana cost, you must pay the additional costs for any targets beyond the first.
  • Apr 26, 2014 If all of the spell's targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. If one or more of its targets are legal when it tries to resolve, the spell will resolve and affect only those legal targets. It will have no effect on any illegal targets.
  • Apr 26, 2014 If such a spell is copied, and the effect that copies the spell allows a player to choose new targets for the copy, the number of targets can't be changed. The player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, the player can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
  • Apr 26, 2014 The mana cost and mana value of strive spells don't change no matter how many targets they have. Strive abilities affect only what you pay.
  • Apr 26, 2014 You choose how many targets each spell with a strive ability has and what those targets are as you cast it. It's legal to cast such a spell with no targets, although this is rarely a good idea. You can't choose the same target more than once for a single strive spell.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

2 printings

Cruel Feeding has been reprinted 2 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
JOU #64 2014-05-02 Common Standard
JOU #64 2014-05-02 Common Standard

Cruel Feeding in Commander

Cruel Feeding is the #25,212 most-played card on EDHREC, down 346 places over the last 30 days.

Cruel Feeding FAQ

How much is Cruel Feeding worth?

Cruel Feeding is worth about $0.06 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 24, 2026.

Is Cruel Feeding legal in Commander?

Yes — Cruel Feeding is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Pauper.

Has Cruel Feeding been reprinted?

Yes — Cruel Feeding has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Cruel Feeding cheap?

Cruel Feeding trades at about $0.06 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#25,212 on EDHREC).