---
name: "Unnatural Hunger"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "169"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jeff Miracola"
oracle_id: "d37a361e-83e8-4f0a-bd09-3135fb918471"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unnatural-hunger-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Unnatural Hunger
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals damage equal to that creature's power to that player unless they sacrifice another creature of their choice.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Demonic Appetite](/printing/demonic-appetite-roe.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Parasitic Bond](/printing/parasitic-bond-usg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Enslave](/printing/enslave-nph.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Inevitable End](/printing/inevitable-end-thb.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Untamed Hunger](/printing/untamed-hunger-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Fatal Attraction](/printing/fatal-attraction-fut.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #169
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jeff Miracola
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`