{"product_id":"food-chain","title":"Food Chain (Repaint)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA repaint of OG \u003cem\u003eFood Chain\u003c\/em\u003e from the \u003cem\u003eMercadian Masques\u003c\/em\u003e set, Val Mayerik's top card in Magic. \u003cem\u003eFood Chain\u003c\/em\u003e is a three-mana green from the \u003cem\u003eMercadian Masques\u003c\/em\u003e set, known for enabling infinite mana combos with specific creatures. It allows a player to exile a creature they control to add mana equal to its cost (plus one), but only for casting creatures. The key interaction is with creatures that can be cast from exile, most notably \u003cem\u003eMisthollow Griffin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEternal Scourge\u003c\/em\u003e. This creates a loop of exiling and recasting the same creature to generate infinite creature mana. From there, a player typically would to win by casting an arbitrarily large \u003cem\u003eWalking Ballista\u003c\/em\u003e, or repeatedly casting an ETB (\u003cem\u003eEnters the Battlefield\u003c\/em\u003e) creature to draw and win (e.g. \u003cem\u003eHydroid Krasis\u003c\/em\u003e). This combo is the heart of Legacy \u003cem\u003eFood Chain\u003c\/em\u003e decks, usually in red-blue-green (RUG\/Temur) or red-green (RG\/ Gruul) shells with cards like \u003cem\u003eForce of Will\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eManipulate Fate\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUnstable Amulet \u003c\/em\u003eto win the game. It saw a spike in popularity when \u003cem\u003eMisthollow Griffin\u003c\/em\u003e was printed and again with \u003cem\u003eEternal Scourge\u003c\/em\u003e, both of which made the combo more consistent. Though the deck is considered quite fringe in today’s legacy metagame, it still has to be respected and can be a solid choice regardless. Food Chain is also popular in Commander decks. In cEDH it’s a well-known engine (e.g. paired with Thrasios \/ Tymna or other commanders that can exploit the infinite creature casts. \u003cem\u003eFood Chain\u003c\/em\u003e is not on the Reserved List. It has been reprinted in various sets (\u003cem\u003eDouble Masters 2022\u003c\/em\u003e\/ \u003cem\u003eSecret Lair Drop Series\u003c\/em\u003e\/The List).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"artwhirled","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44762042892333,"sku":null,"price":0.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/8000\/6957\/files\/Food_Chain_Repaint_front_a_white.jpg?v=1775127813","url":"https:\/\/artwhirled.com\/products\/food-chain","provider":"Art Whirled","version":"1.0","type":"link"}