---
name: "Devouring Greed"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery — Arcane"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MM2"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2015"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Vance Kovacs"
oracle_id: "efbe96b5-1f58-4818-a346-ea554813adbc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/devouring-greed-mm2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Devouring Greed
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Arcane

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of Spirits.
Target player loses 2 life plus 2 life for each Spirit sacrificed this way. You gain that much life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Devouring Rage](/printing/devouring-rage-chk.md) — Instant — Arcane
2. [Rite of Consumption](/printing/rite-of-consumption-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Consume Spirit](/printing/consume-spirit-dpa.md) — Sorcery
4. [Devour Flesh](/printing/devour-flesh-pio.md) — Instant
5. [Severed Strands](/printing/severed-strands-j25.md) — Sorcery
6. [Soul Feast](/printing/soul-feast-9ed.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #78
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Vance Kovacs
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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