The Battlefield

Ashnod's Altar

$12.18

Experimental Confectioner

$2.55

Ygra, Eater of All

$11.25

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Ashnod's Altar + Experimental Confectioner + Ygra, Eater of All

Overview

With Ygra, Eater of All on the battlefield, other creatures (including Experimental Confectioner) are also Food artifacts and therefore can be sacrificed as Foods. If you activate Ashnod's Altar and sacrifice Experimental Confectioner as the cost, the creature is moved from the battlefield to its owner's graveyard as part of the cost (). That sacrifice will: (a) satisfy Ashnod's Altar's cost and let its ability later produce {C}

; (b) cause Experimental Confectioner’s triggered ability (“Whenever you sacrifice a Food…”) to trigger; and (c) cause Ygra’s triggered ability (“Whenever a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield…”) to trigger. The triggered abilities go on the stack after the activation, and you (the controller of those triggers) order them. The Altar’s ability resolves (giving {C}

) and then the triggered abilities resolve, producing a 1/1 Rat and putting two +1/+1 counters on Ygra. See and .

Step 1

Ygra's static ability makes other creatures Food artifacts in addition to their other types while Ygra is on the battlefield, so Experimental Confectioner is a Food as long as Ygra applies to it ().

Step 2

When Experimental Confectioner enters the battlefield it creates a Food token (its ETB triggered ability). That token is a separate Food artifact permanent and also has the sacrifice-for-3-life activated ability printed on Foods.

Step 3

You activate Ashnod's Altar's ability. As part of paying the activation cost you sacrifice Experimental Confectioner; sacrificing a permanent moves it from the battlefield to its owner's graveyard immediately as part of paying the cost ().

Step 4

The sacrifice event (Confectioner moving from battlefield to graveyard) is the event that causes triggers: Experimental Confectioner's triggered ability “Whenever you sacrifice a Food…” triggers, and Ygra’s triggered ability “Whenever a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield…” also triggers. Both triggered abilities are put on the stack after the sacrifice event.

Step 5

Ashnod's Altar's activated ability is on the stack as well (its resolution produces {C}

). When the Altar's ability resolves you get {C}

Step 6

After the Altar resolves, the triggered abilities resolve in the order you (the controller of those triggers) choose. Experimental Confectioner's sacrifice trigger will create a 1/1 black Rat token when it resolves. Ygra's trigger will put two +1/+1 counters on Ygra when it resolves.

Resolution

If you control Ygra and Experimental Confectioner and you sacrifice Experimental Confectioner to Ashnod’s Altar, you get {C}

from the Altar, Experimental Confectioner’s trigger (“Whenever you sacrifice a Food…”) goes on the stack and will create a 1/1 Rat when it resolves, and Ygra’s trigger (“Whenever a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield…”) goes on the stack and will put two +1/+1 counters on Ygra when it resolves. Sacrificing the creature to pay Ashnod’s Altar’s cost moves it to the graveyard immediately as part of paying that cost (), which is the event that causes the triggered abilities to trigger. Continuous effects that make creatures into Foods apply while Ygra is on the battlefield ().

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