Price$0.33 – $3.87
Buy on TCGplayerGilded Goose
Creature — Bird
LegalRampRank #781
Flying
When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
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, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
, : Create a Food token.
, Sacrifice a Food: Add one mana of any color.
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Why is this card good?
Gilded Goose is a one-drop mana dork that fixes for any color, which sets it apart from Llanowar Elves and friends. The catch: you need Food to tap it, and after the ETB Food you have to pay to make more. That makes it slightly clunkier than a pure dork, but the flexibility and synergy upside are real.
It shines in two homes. First, any deck that already cares about Food or sacrifice — Korvold, Prosper, aristocrats, and Food-matters builds (Trostani-style lifegain, anything with Cauldron Familiar / Witch's Oven). There the Goose pulls double duty as fixing and fuel. Second, five-color or heavily splashed green decks wanting cheap any-color ramp early.
Don't play it as a generic mana creature in a mono-green or two-color ramp deck — Elves, Birds of Paradise, or Ignoble Hierarch fix or accelerate more reliably without needing Food upkeep. It's a synergy card first, a ramp card second. If your deck doesn't reward the Food, run a cleaner accelerant.
to make more. That makes it slightly clunkier than a pure dork, but the flexibility and synergy upside are real.
It shines in two homes. First, any deck that already cares about Food or sacrifice — Korvold, Prosper, aristocrats, and Food-matters builds (Trostani-style lifegain, anything with Cauldron Familiar / Witch's Oven). There the Goose pulls double duty as fixing and fuel. Second, five-color or heavily splashed green decks wanting cheap any-color ramp early.
Don't play it as a generic mana creature in a mono-green or two-color ramp deck — Elves, Birds of Paradise, or Ignoble Hierarch fix or accelerate more reliably without needing Food upkeep. It's a synergy card first, a ramp card second. If your deck doesn't reward the Food, run a cleaner accelerant.Related cards
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Noble Hierarch
Cheap mana dork tapping for any of multiple colors.
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Flying mana-producer scaling with color identity.
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Printings (11)
Played by these commanders
Dina, Essence Brewer100% of 1
Hazel of the Rootbloom100% of 1
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit100% of 1
Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy100% of 1
Sam, Loyal Attendant100% of 1
Combos (8)
- Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took + Hazel's Brewmaster + Gilded Goose
→ Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain
- Hazel's Brewmaster + Gourmand's Talent + Academy Manufactor + Gilded Goose
→ Infinite tapped Food tokens, Infinite tapped Treasure tokens, Infinite tapped Clue tokens
- Emiel the Blessed + Jaheira, Friend of the Forest + Academy Manufactor + Gilded Goose
→ Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite tapped Clue tokens
- Time Sieve + Academy Manufactor + Teleportation Circle + Gilded Goose + Panharmonicon
→ Infinite turns, Lock
- Yarok, the Desecrated + Gilded Goose + Time Sieve + Academy Manufactor + Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
→ Infinite turns, Lock
- Time Sieve + Academy Manufactor + Thassa, Deep-Dwelling + Gilded Goose + Panharmonicon
→ Infinite turns, Lock
Tokens & Emblemsthis card creates
Rulings (4)
- 2024-11-08
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).
- 2024-11-08
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.
- 2024-11-08
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- 2024-11-08
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.