---
name: "Nuka-Cola Vending Machine"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Treasure", "Food"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "2462"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bartek Fedyczak"
oracle_id: "6cfb03e5-aca6-4fe2-a3f1-93e1f0cbf9e1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nuka-cola-vending-machine-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Treasure, Food

## Oracle Text
{1}, {T}: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, create a tapped Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Concession Stand](/printing/concession-stand-unf.md) — Artifact — Attraction
2. [Hot Dog Cart](/printing/hot-dog-cart-spm.md) — Artifact
3. [Bumbleflower's Sharepot](/printing/bumbleflowers-sharepot-blb.md) — Artifact
4. [Tough Cookie](/printing/tough-cookie-woe.md) — Artifact Creature — Food Golem
5. [Witch's Oven](/printing/witchs-oven-eld.md) — Artifact
6. [Ninja Pizza](/printing/ninja-pizza-tmc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2462
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bartek Fedyczak

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-03-08)* Nuka-Cola Vending Machine's last ability triggers whenever you sacrifice a Food for any reason, not just to activate a Food's activated ability.
- *(2024-03-08)* If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, if you sacrifice a nontoken Food artifact, such as Candy Trail from the Wilds of Eldraine set, Nuka-Cola Vending Machine's last ability will trigger.
- *(2024-11-08)* Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- *(2024-11-08)* Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- *(2024-11-08)* You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.