---
name: "Bartered Cow"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Ox"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Food"]
set: "ELD"
set_name: "Throne of Eldraine"
collector_number: "6"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Deruchenko Alexander"
oracle_id: "33d42811-686d-4aca-bb3b-086de453ddaf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bartered-cow-eld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bartered Cow
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Ox
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Food

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies and when you discard this card, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

> *At the market, no one heeded Hilda's frantic mooing. The fae curse was turning out even worse than she had feared.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Provisions Merchant](/printing/provisions-merchant-woe.md) — Creature — Beast Peasant
2. [Brandywine Farmer](/printing/brandywine-farmer-ltr.md) — Creature — Halfling Peasant
3. [Unlucky Cabbage Merchant](/printing/unlucky-cabbage-merchant-tla.md) — Creature — Human Citizen
4. [Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper](/printing/butterbur-bree-innkeeper-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Peasant
5. [Witch's Oven](/printing/witchs-oven-eld.md) — Artifact
6. [Savvy Hunter](/printing/savvy-hunter-eld.md) — Creature — Human Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #6
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Deruchenko Alexander
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`