Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
Legendary Creature — Avatar
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This spell costs 
less to cast for each creature sacrificed this way.
When Torgaar enters, up to one target player's life total becomes half their starting life total, rounded down.
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- Set
- Dominaria (DOM #108)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 8
- Released
- 2018-04-27
- Artist
- Lius Lasahido
- EDHREC rank
- #11,911
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 4
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Weaponcraft Enthusiast
- Sengir Autocrat
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
- Disciple of Bolas
- Chittering Witch
- Wound Reflection
- Soldevi Adnate
- Pawn of Ulamog
- Ghoulcaller Gisa
- Reassembling Skeleton
- Marionette Apprentice
- Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
- Supernatural Stamina
- Morbid Curiosity
- Lazotep Reaver
- Sifter of Skulls
- Carrion
- Ophiomancer
- Zulaport Cutthroat
- Stinging Study
- Midnight Reaper
- Abhorrent Overlord
- Woe Strider
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Bitterblossom
- Infestation Sage
- Cult Conscript
- Feign Death
- Bloodghast
- Dread Return
- Sacrifice
- Bastion of Remembrance
- Pitiless Plunderer
- Undying Malice
- Not Dead After All
- Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
- Victimize
- Bloodletter of Aclazotz
- Warlock Class
- Wriggling Grub
- Crowded Crypt
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Carrier Thrall
- Doomed Dissenter
- Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
- Persistent Specimen
- Illuminor Szeras
- Greedy Freebooter
- Bitterbloom Bearer
- Ozox, the Clattering King
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Swamp
- Sol Ring
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Feed the Swarm
- Weaponcraft Enthusiast
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
- Sengir Autocrat
- Reassembling Skeleton
- Arcane Signet
- Disciple of Bolas
- Zulaport Cutthroat
- Jet Medallion
- Victimize
- Dark Ritual
- Bojuka Bog
- Chittering Witch
- Blood Artist
- Sign in Blood
- Pawn of Ulamog
- Cabal Coffers
- Ophiomancer
- Marionette Apprentice
- Wound Reflection
- Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
- Pitiless Plunderer
- Ayara, First of Locthwain
- Village Rites
- Crypt Ghast
- Soldevi Adnate
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Bastion of Remembrance
- Malakir Rebirth
- Malakir Rebirth
- Ghoulcaller Gisa
- Toxic Deluge
- Reanimate
- Supernatural Stamina
- Black Market Connections
- Bitterblossom
- Cabal Stronghold
- Bloodghast
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
- Withering Torment
- Witch's Cottage
- Dread Return
- Defile
- Bolas's Citadel
- Midnight Reaper
- Viscera Seer
- Not Dead After All
Format legality
Rulings
- 2018-04-27
For your life total to become half your starting life total (normally 10, half of 20), you gain or lose the appropriate amount of life. For example, if your life total is 4 when Torgaar's ability resolves targeting you, it will cause you to gain 6 life; alternatively, if your life total is 25 when it resolves, it will cause you to lose 15 life. Other cards that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
- 2018-04-27
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Torgaar's ability causes the team's life total to become half the team's starting life total (normally 15, half of 30), but only the target player actually gains or loses life.
- 2018-04-27
Torgaar's first ability can't reduce its cost below
. You can sacrifice any number of creatures, even if they won't reduce Torgaar's cost any further.