---
name: "Cruel Feeding"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Strive"]
set: "JOU"
set_name: "Journey into Nyx"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "ef60bb5b-7cf5-4b4d-a725-4531fc0c852a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-feeding-jou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cruel Feeding
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Strive

## Oracle Text
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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cutthroat Maneuver](/printing/cutthroat-maneuver-ths.md) — Instant
2. [Ajani's Presence](/printing/ajanis-presence-jou.md) — Instant
3. [Give In to Violence](/printing/give-in-to-violence-dsk.md) — Instant
4. [Colossal Heroics](/printing/colossal-heroics-jou.md) — Instant
5. [Grotesque Mutation](/printing/grotesque-mutation-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Thirsting Shade](/printing/thirsting-shade-rna.md) — Creature — Shade

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Journey into Nyx (JOU) #64
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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