Bill the Pony is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
When Bill the Pony enters, create two Food tokens. (They're artifacts with ",
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice a Food: Until end of turn, target creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
How it works : Bill the Pony
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
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).
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- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
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- #3· Wizards of the Coast
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.
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- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Bill the Pony's last ability doesn't actually change any creature's power. It changes only the amount of combat damage it assigns. All other rules and effects that check power or toughness use the real values. For example, since having two creatures fight doesn't result in combat damage, an effect that causes the affected creature to fight another creature will still use its power to determine how much damage is dealt.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Ygra, Eater of All + Camellia, the Seedmiser + Bill the Pony
- 1Activate Bill the Pony by sacrificing any other creature.
- 2Because the creature is a Food due to Ygra, when it dies, Camellia and Ygra trigger.
- 3Resolve the Ygra trigger, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
- 4Resolve the Camellia trigger, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- 5Resolve the Bill the Pony ability
- 6Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Bill the Pony + Academy Manufactor + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Cast Bill the Pony by paying
. - 2When Bill the Pony enters the battlefield, it and Samwise trigger.
- 3Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food, a Clue and a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Bill the Pony trigger, creating two Food, two Clue and two Treasure tokens.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Bill the Pony, adding
. - 6Activate Samwise by sacrificing three Foods, returning Bill the Pony to your hand from your graveyard.
- 7Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
. - 8Repeat.
Bill the Pony + Emiel the Blessed + Krark-Clan Ironworks
- 1Activate Emiel the Blessed by paying , blinking Bill the Pony.
- 2When Bill the Pony enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating two Food artifact tokens.
- 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Foods, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have infinite mana, you may forego sacrificing the Foods.
Bill the Pony + Eldrazi Displacer + Krark-Clan Ironworks
- 1Activate Eldrazi Displacer by paying , blinking Bill the Pony.
- 2When Bill the Pony enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating two Food artifact tokens.
- 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Foods, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have infinite mana, you may forego sacrificing the Foods.
Samwise Gamgee + Bill the Pony + Academy Manufactor + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Cast Bill the Pony by paying .
- 2When Bill the Pony enters the battlefield, it and Samwise trigger.
- 3Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food, a Clue and a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Bill the Pony trigger, creating two Food, two Clue and two Treasure tokens.
- 5Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Bill the Pony, adding .
- 6Activate Samwise by sacrificing three Foods, returning Bill the Pony to your hand from your graveyard.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat.
Monk Gyatso + Bill the Pony + Academy Manufactor
- 1Cast Bill either from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax if applicable.
- 2When Bill enters, its first ability triggers, creating two Food, Clue and Treasure tokens due to Academy Manufactor.
- 3Activate Bill by sacrificing a Food, targeting itself.
- 4Monk Gyatso triggers, airbending Bill.
- 5Bill's ability from step 3 fizzles due to having no legal targets.
- 6Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 7Cast Bill from exile by paying .
- 8Repeat from step 2.
Camellia, the Seedmiser + Bill the Pony + Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner
- 1Activate Bill the Pony by sacrificing a Food.
- 2Camellia triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token and a Food artifact token.
- 3Resolve the Bill the Pony ability
- 4Repeat.
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin + Samwise Gamgee + Bill the Pony + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Cast Bill the Pony by paying .
- 2When Bill the Pony enters the battlefield, it and Samwise trigger.
- 3Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food artifact token.
- 4Resolve the Bill the Pony trigger, creating two Food artifact tokens.
- 5Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Bill the Pony, adding .
- 6Activate Samwise by sacrificing three Foods, returning Bill the Pony to your hand from your graveyard.
- 7Repeat.
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