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Burnt Offering

Card Name

Burnt Offering

Mana Cost

Type

Instant

Rarity

Common

rules Text

Sacrifice a creature to add that creature's casting cost in any combination of red and/or black mana to your mana pool.

Flavor Text

"My foes serve me twice: in dying, and in death." —Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(4/15/2013)
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
(4/15/2013)
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.