---
name: "The Goose Mother"
mana_cost: "{X}{G}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Food"]
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "312"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jesper Ejsing"
oracle_id: "de595f1b-3f7d-45e0-a31b-ed23e5d1ee48"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-goose-mother-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# The Goose Mother
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{G}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra
- **Keywords:** Flying, Food

## Oracle Text
Flying
The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up.
Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gilded Goose](/printing/gilded-goose-soc.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [HONK!](/printing/honk-unk.md) — Instant
3. [Fell the Pheasant](/printing/fell-the-pheasant-eld.md) — Instant
4. [Albiorix, Goose Tyrant // Wild Goose Chase](/printing/albiorix-goose-tyrant-wild-goose-chase-yotj.md) — Legendary Creature — Bird // Instant — Adventure
5. [Featherbrained Filcher](/printing/featherbrained-filcher-tmt.md) — Creature — Bird Mutant
6. [City Pigeon](/printing/city-pigeon-msc.md) — Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #312
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jesper Ejsing

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-11-08)* Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- *(2024-11-08)* Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- *(2024-11-08)* If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature — Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
- *(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.