Magic’s TMNT set made me fall back in love with Food

After a years-long hiatus from Magic: The Gathering, I found my first consistent pod in the summer of 2019. My Amazon purchase history indicates that to bolster my very old collection of mostly vintage cards, I got the 2020 core set bundle in July, followed by the Throne of Eldraine bundle in September. Little did I know that I’d gotten back into Magic just in time for one of the best and most influential sets in recent memory — and one that introduced Food to the game. Black-green is one of my favorite color combos to begin with, and Eldraine is full of fun cards like Bake into a Pie, a black instant that destroys a target creature and bakes them into a Food token, Sweeney Todd-style. There’s also Giant Opportunity, a green sorcery that creates a 7/7 green giant if you sacrifice two Foods, essentially simulating what happens if you eat two magic beans.