---
name: "The Hunger Tide Rises"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Saga"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "158"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Liiga Smilshkalne"
oracle_id: "356edd68-7dd5-4ab6-a738-6cb0eb2d4e56"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-hunger-tide-rises-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Hunger Tide Rises
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Saga

## Oracle Text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II, III — Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token.
IV — Sacrifice any number of creatures. Search your library and/or graveyard for a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of creatures sacrificed this way and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Huntsman's Redemption](/printing/the-huntsmans-redemption-woe.md) — Enchantment — Saga
2. [Enigmatic Incarnation](/printing/enigmatic-incarnation-thb.md) — Enchantment
3. [The Creation of Avacyn](/printing/the-creation-of-avacyn-mh3.md) — Enchantment — Saga
4. [The Eldest Reborn](/printing/the-eldest-reborn-cmm.md) — Enchantment — Saga
5. [Eldritch Evolution](/printing/eldritch-evolution-pemn.md) — Sorcery
6. [Magus of the Order](/printing/magus-of-the-order-cmr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #158
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Liiga Smilshkalne
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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