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Culling the Weak

Card Name

Culling the Weak

Mana Cost

Type

Instant

Rarity

Common

rules Text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.Add .

Flavor Text

"The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name." —Stronghold architect, journal

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
You sacrifice a creature when casting the spell and you can't sacrifice more than one creature to get extra mana.
(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.