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Severed Strands

Card Name

Severed Strands

Mana Cost

1

Type

Sorcery

Rarity

Common

rules Text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Destroy target creature an opponent controls.

Flavor Text

"I've seen Ravnica's fate. Believe me, I'm doing you a favor."

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Standard

Rulings

(10/5/2018)
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you can't cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can't sacrifice additional creatures.
(10/5/2018)
The amount of life gained is equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.
(10/5/2018)
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Severed Strands tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain life.
(10/5/2018)
If the target creature is a legal target but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still gain life.