Nuka-Cola Vending Machine

Nuka-Cola Vending Machine

{3}Artifact

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{1}, {T}: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Whenever you sacrifice a Food, create a tapped Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

What it does

Tagged as Ramp · Sac payoff · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Get it in a precon

One preconstructed deck includes this card.

Official rulings

  1. Nuka-Cola Vending Machine's last ability triggers whenever you sacrifice a Food for any reason, not just to activate a Food's activated ability. (2024-03-08)
  2. If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, if you sacrifice a nontoken Food artifact, such as Candy Trail from the Wilds of Eldraine set, Nuka-Cola Vending Machine's last ability will trigger. (2024-03-08)
  3. Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type. (2024-11-08)
  4. Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards. (2024-11-08)
  5. 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)

Printings & prices

Every set Nuka-Cola Vending Machine has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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