Plunge into Darkness

Card Name

Plunge into Darkness

Mana Cost

1

Type

Instant

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Choose one —• Sacrifice any number of creatures. You gain 3 life for each creature sacrificed this way.• Pay any amount of life, then look at that many cards from the top of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and exile the rest.Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(12/1/2004)
Everything other than the mode/entwine choice (and paying the
1
, of course) is done on resolution.
(12/1/2004)
Assuming the entwine cost has been paid, the effect is (1) sacrifice any number of creatures, (2) gain 3 life for each sacrificed creature, (3) choose X, (4) pay X life, and (5) look at the top X cards of your library, put one into your hand, and exile the rest.