---
name: "Torgaar, Famine Incarnate"
mana_cost: "{6}{B}{B}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Avatar"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DOM"
set_name: "Dominaria"
collector_number: "108"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lius Lasahido"
oracle_id: "4229140f-fa5b-4727-a16a-cbbd756d979e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/torgaar-famine-incarnate-dom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{B}{B}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Avatar
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/6

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each creature sacrificed this way.
When Torgaar enters, up to one target player's life total becomes half their starting life total, rounded down.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rite of Consumption](/printing/rite-of-consumption-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Famine](/printing/famine-ptk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Tribute to Hunger](/printing/tribute-to-hunger-fdn.md) — Instant
4. [Devour Flesh](/printing/devour-flesh-pio.md) — Instant
5. [Shilgengar, Sire of Famine](/printing/shilgengar-sire-of-famine-mh3.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Demon
6. [Abyssal Gorestalker](/printing/abyssal-gorestalker-lci.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria (DOM) #108
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lius Lasahido
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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