---
name: "Feed the Swarm"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LTC"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Commander"
collector_number: "200"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pavel Kolomeyets"
oracle_id: "5825997b-10d7-4a36-972c-a80ddd90b8ed"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/feed-the-swarm-ltc"
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.

> *"We have found many of our folk lying slain as they fled thither."
—Rider of Rohan*

## 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-j22.md) — Sorcery
4. [Mage Hunters' Onslaught](/printing/mage-hunters-onslaught-stx.md) — Sorcery
5. [Infernal Grasp](/printing/infernal-grasp-omb.md) — Instant
6. [Sip of Hemlock](/printing/sip-of-hemlock-ths.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #200
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pavel Kolomeyets
- **Total Printings:** 139 across all historical editions

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