---
name: "The Underworld Cookbook"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact — Book"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Food"]
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "240"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Joe Slucher"
oracle_id: "37d5c720-d090-44bc-91df-0a7bab79a03e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-underworld-cookbook-mh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Underworld Cookbook
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact — Book
- **Keywords:** Food

## Oracle Text
{T}, Discard a card: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Late to Dinner](/printing/late-to-dinner-j21.md) — Sorcery
2. [Revive the Shire](/printing/revive-the-shire-ltr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar](/printing/asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Questionable Cuisine](/printing/questionable-cuisine-unf.md) — Sorcery
5. [Witch's Oven](/printing/witchs-oven-eld.md) — Artifact
6. [Unlucky Cabbage Merchant](/printing/unlucky-cabbage-merchant-tla.md) — Creature — Human Citizen

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #240
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Joe Slucher
- **Total Printings:** 22 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`