---
name: "Consumed by Greed"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Gift"]
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "87"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "b548578c-4910-402c-8e78-498924e0a9be"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/consumed-by-greed-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Consumed by Greed
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Gift

## Oracle Text
Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.)
Target opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control. If the gift was promised, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Peerless Recycling](/printing/peerless-recycling-blb.md) — Instant
2. [Nocturnal Hunger](/printing/nocturnal-hunger-blb.md) — Instant
3. [Wear Down](/printing/wear-down-blb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Cruelclaw's Heist](/printing/cruelclaws-heist-pblb.md) — Sorcery
5. [Dewdrop Cure](/printing/dewdrop-cure-blb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Starfall Invocation](/printing/starfall-invocation-blb.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #87
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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