---
name: "Nocturnal Hunger"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Gift", "Food"]
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "102"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Sam Guay"
oracle_id: "ed7f64d1-69ba-40f5-9863-3edba10e23c7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nocturnal-hunger-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nocturnal Hunger
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Gift, Food

## Oracle Text
Gift a Food (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Food token before its other effects. It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Destroy target creature. If the gift wasn't promised, you lose 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crumb and Get It](/printing/crumb-and-get-it-blb.md) — Instant
2. [Sweettooth Witch](/printing/sweettooth-witch-woe.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
3. [Midnight Snack](/printing/midnight-snack-fdn.md) — Enchantment
4. [Tempting Witch](/printing/tempting-witch-jmp.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
5. [Feed the Cauldron](/printing/feed-the-cauldron-woe.md) — Instant
6. [Consumed by Greed](/printing/consumed-by-greed-blb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #102
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Sam Guay
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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