Bristlebud Farmer 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
Trample When this creature enters, create two Food tokens. (They're artifacts with ",
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, mill three cards. You may put a permanent card from among them into your hand.
How it works : Bristlebud Farmer
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.
Card named in this ruling
- #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
A permanent card is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Bristlebud Farmer + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Emiel the Blessed
- 1Activate Emiel the Blessed by paying
, blinking Bristlebud Farmer.
- 2When Bristlebud Farmer enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, creating two Food artifact tokens.
- 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Foods, adding
.
- 4Repeat.
Bristlebud Farmer + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Eldrazi Displacer
- 1Activate Eldrazi Displacer by paying
, blinking Bristlebud Farmer.
- 2When Bristlebud Farmer enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, creating two Food artifact tokens.
- 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Foods, adding
.
- 4Repeat.
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