Card
Food Chain
Mana cost {2}{G}
Exile a creature you control: Add X mana of any one color, where X is 1 plus the exiled creature's mana value. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells.
Part of 47 known combos, 7 of them two-card. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · MMQ · #246
- Cheapest printing
- €20.48
- EDHREC salt
- 1.60
- Color identity
- Green
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Squee, the Immortal, Eternal Scourge, Misthollow Griffin, Prossh, Skyraider of Kher, Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, Thrasta, Tempest's Roar, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Squee, the Immortal, Eternal Scourge, Misthollow Griffin, Prossh, Skyraider of Kher, Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, Thrasta, Tempest's Roar, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Squee, the Immortal, Eternal Scourge, Misthollow Griffin, Prossh, Skyraider of Kher, Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Squee, the Immortal, Eternal Scourge, Misthollow Griffin, Prossh, Skyraider of Kher, Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, Thrasta, Tempest's Roar, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel (early with Squee, the Immortal, Eternal Scourge, Misthollow Griffin, Prossh, Skyraider of Kher, Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
47 known combos, 7 of them two-card.
- Squee, the Immortal + Food Chain
Produces: Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Eternal Scourge + Food Chain
Produces: Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Food Chain + Misthollow Griffin
Produces: Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
This mana may not be used to pay costs imposed after the spell is initially cast. - 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
This mana may be used on additional costs to cast the spell, such as Kicker.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast