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Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
Peregrin Took
AI DraftFeb 26, 2026
Nuka-Cola Vending Machine + Peregrin Took
Overview
If you control both Nuka‑Cola Vending Machine and Peregrin Took, activating Nuka‑Cola Vending Machine's ability that would create a Food token becomes an event that creates that Food token plus one additional Food token because of Peregrin Took (Ruling [2023-06-16]). Sacrificing a Food (for example to a Food token's activated ability) triggers Nuka‑Cola Vending Machine's "Whenever you sacrifice a Food, create a tapped Treasure token" and Peregrin Took will replace that token‑creation event so you get the tapped Treasure token plus an additional Food token (Ruling [2024-03-08] and Ruling [2023-06-16]).
Step 1
You activate Nuka‑Cola Vending Machine's ability by paying 
and tapping it to 'Create a Food token.' Peregrin Took's replacement effect sees that one or more tokens would be created under your control and replaces that creation event so the tokens that would be created are created plus an additional Food token instead (Ruling [2023-06-16]).
and tapping it to 'Create a Food token.' Peregrin Took's replacement effect sees that one or more tokens would be created under your control and replaces that creation event so the tokens that would be created are created plus an additional Food token instead (Ruling [2023-06-16]).Step 2
As a result of that single ability activation you get two Food tokens: the Food token the ability would create plus one extra Food token added by Peregrin Took (Ruling [2023-06-16]).
Step 3
If you sacrifice one of those Food tokens (for example to its activated ability 
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life), the act of sacrificing moves the Food from the battlefield to the graveyard (this is a sacrifice; see ).
, , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life), the act of sacrificing moves the Food from the battlefield to the graveyard (this is a sacrifice; see ).Step 4
Sacrificing the Food causes Nuka‑Cola Vending Machine's triggered ability 'Whenever you sacrifice a Food, create a tapped Treasure token' to trigger (Ruling [2024-03-08]).
Step 5
When that triggered ability resolves, it would create a tapped Treasure token under your control; Peregrin Took's replacement effect applies to that token creation event, replacing it with the creation of the Treasure token plus an additional Food token instead (Ruling [2023-06-16] and Ruling [2024-03-08]).
Step 6
The end result of resolving that trigger is you get a tapped Treasure token and you also get a Food token. The Treasure token will be tapped (because the triggered ability specified tapped) and the Food will enter untapped unless something else affects it.
Step 7
Remember you cannot use the same Food token to pay multiple costs or activate multiple sacrificed-based abilities at the same time, per Ruling [2024-11-08].
Resolution
When you activate Nuka‑Cola Vending Machine to create a Food, Peregrin Took replaces that token creation so you get two Food tokens (the original + one extra) (Ruling [2023-06-16]). When you sacrifice a Food, Nuka‑Cola Vending Machine's triggered ability will create a tapped Treasure token and Peregrin Took will add an additional Food token to that same creation event, so the result of that trigger is a tapped Treasure token and an extra Food token (Ruling [2024-03-08] and Ruling [2023-06-16]). You cannot sacrifice the same Food to pay multiple costs or uses at once (Ruling [2024-11-08]) and Food is an artifact type (Ruling [2024-11-08]).
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