Stew the Coneys 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
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ",
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Complete guide
Stew the Coneys is a versatile green instant that provides both removal and sustenance for your journey through Middle-earth. It allows one of your creatures to strike an opponent's creature before rewarding you with a helpful Food token.
One-Way Interaction
Unlike cards with the 'fight' keyword, Stew the Coneys specifies that your creature deals damage to an opponent's creature. This is a one-way interaction: the target creature you don't control does not deal any damage back. The amount of damage dealt is exactly equal to the power of your creature at the moment the spell resolves.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, you choose two targets: a creature you control and a creature you don't control. As the spell resolves, the first target deals damage to the second. Finally, you create a Food token, which is an artifact with the ability to be sacrificed for 3 life. If either target becomes illegal before the spell resolves, the remaining effects still occur. If both targets are illegal, the spell fails and you do not get the Food.
Managing the Food Token
The Food token created is an artifact, not a creature. While it provides a way to gain life, remember that you cannot sacrifice a single Food token to pay for multiple costs simultaneously. You must choose whether to use it for its own life-gain ability or another effect that requires sacrificing an artifact.
Strategic Timing
Because this is an instant, you can use it during combat to remove a blocker or in response to an opponent's spell. It is particularly effective when you have a creature with high power but low toughness, as it allows them to 'punch' without the risk of dying in a fair fight.
Interaction examples
Stew the ConeysYou control a 5/1 creature and your opponent controls a 2/2. You cast Stew the Coneys targeting both. Your 5/1 deals 5 damage to the 2/2, destroying it. Because this is not a fight, your 5/1 takes no damage and survives, and you gain a Food token.
Beast WithinAn opponent casts Beast Within to destroy your only creature. In response, you cast Stew the Coneys. Stew the Coneys resolves first; your creature deals its damage and you create a Food token. Then, Beast Within resolves, destroying your creature and giving you a 3/3 Beast.
Heroic InterventionYou cast Stew the Coneys targeting your creature and an opponent's creature. The opponent responds with Heroic Intervention to give their creatures hexproof. Because the target you don't control is now illegal, Stew the Coneys resolves as much as possible: your creature deals no damage, but you still create the Food token.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Stew the Coneys
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· 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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- #2· 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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- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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