First printed in Wilds of Eldraine (2023)
All 6 prints
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Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra
Flying
The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up.
Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.
2/2
- Illustrated by
- Jesper Ejsing
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH
Rulings (4)
- Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature — Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
- You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Premier Draft | 61.8% | +6.6 | +11.0 | 19134 |
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Sealed | 61.9% | +5.3 | +7.1 | 1598 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
2 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Academy Manufactor + A Realm Reborn + Temur Sabertooth + The Goose Mother
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Academy Manufactor + A Realm Reborn + Meticulous Excavation + The Goose Mother