---
name: "Rapacious Guest"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Halfling Citizen"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Food", "Menace"]
set: "LTC"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Commander"
collector_number: "28"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bartłomiej Gaweł"
oracle_id: "54accd4a-b471-4ae5-b3b2-a5cec44023b7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rapacious-guest-ltc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Rapacious Guest
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Halfling Citizen
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Food, Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Food token.
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to its power.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sweettooth Witch](/printing/sweettooth-witch-woe.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
2. [Provisions Merchant](/printing/provisions-merchant-woe.md) — Creature — Beast Peasant
3. [Savvy Hunter](/printing/savvy-hunter-eld.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Greta, Sweettooth Scourge](/printing/greta-sweettooth-scourge-woe.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Voracious Fell Beast](/printing/voracious-fell-beast-ltr.md) — Creature — Drake Beast
6. [Banquet Guests](/printing/banquet-guests-ltc.md) — Creature — Halfling Citizen

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #28
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bartłomiej Gaweł
- **Total Printings:** 14 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`