---
name: "Fasting"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "DRK"
set_name: "The Dark"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "0d787c6b-ab82-42c5-b840-8f3a09af30ac"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fasting-drk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fasting
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a hunger counter on this enchantment. Then destroy this enchantment if it has five or more hunger counters on it.
If you would begin your draw step, you may skip that step instead. If you do, you gain 2 life.
When you draw a card, destroy this enchantment.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Yawgmoth's Bargain](/printing/yawgmoths-bargain-uds.md) — Enchantment
2. [Fatigue](/printing/fatigue-uds.md) — Sorcery
3. [Wild Wasteland](/printing/wild-wasteland-pip.md) — Enchantment
4. [Dragon Appeasement](/printing/dragon-appeasement-arb.md) — Enchantment
5. [Stasis](/printing/stasis-30a.md) — Enchantment
6. [Forsaken Wastes](/printing/forsaken-wastes-wc97.md) — World Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Dark (DRK) #7
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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