---
name: "Feed the Swarm"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "159"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kotakan"
oracle_id: "5825997b-10d7-4a36-972c-a80ddd90b8ed"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/feed-the-swarm-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Feed the Swarm
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Devour in Shadow](/printing/devour-in-shadow-5dn.md) — Instant
2. [Withering Torment](/printing/withering-torment-msc.md) — Instant
3. [Certain Death](/printing/certain-death-w17.md) — Sorcery
4. [Infernal Grasp](/printing/infernal-grasp-soc.md) — Instant
5. [Mage Hunters' Onslaught](/printing/mage-hunters-onslaught-stx.md) — Sorcery
6. [Sip of Hemlock](/printing/sip-of-hemlock-ths.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #159
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kotakan
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-11-08)* If a permanent on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
- *(2024-11-08)* If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Feed the Swarm tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't lose any life. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), you do lose life.
- *(2024-11-08)* The amount of life you lose is determined by the permanent's mana value as it last existed on the battlefield.