Giant's Skewer

Giant's Skewer

{1}{B}Artifact — Equipment

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Equipped creature gets +2/+1.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a creature, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

What it does

Tagged as Equipment · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Official rulings

  1. The triggered ability of Giant's Skewer triggers even if the equipped creature died, and even if the creature that was dealt damage didn't die. (2019-10-04)
  2. Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type. (2024-11-08)
  3. Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards. (2024-11-08)
  4. 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 Giant's Skewer 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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