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Fling

Card Name

Fling

Mana Cost

1

Type

Instant

Rarity

Common

rules Text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

Flavor Text

Never flinch. Never falter. Never fear.

Legal Formats

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

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2019)
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.
(10/4/2019)
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to interfere with the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
(4/12/2024)
Use the sacrificed creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage Fling deals.