
Fasting
Card Information
Type: Enchantment
Mana Cost:
CMC: 1
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: The Dark (DRK)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 7
Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a hunger counter on this enchantment. Then destroy this enchantment if it has five or more hunger counters on it. If you would begin your draw step, you may skip that step instead. If you do, you gain 2 life. When you draw a card, destroy this enchantment.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 1, 2008
When you resolve the beginning-of-upkeep triggered ability, you first put a hunger counter on Fasting, then you check how many hunger counters it has. If there are five or more, Fasting is destroyed.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2008
You choose whether or not to skip your draw step as that step begins. This ability is now separate from the beginning-of-upkeep triggered ability.
Source: wotc
Price History

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