“"I've seen Ravnica's fate. Believe me, I'm doing you a favor."”
Severed Strands
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: {1}{B}
Oracle 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."
Set: Double Masters 2022 (#88), Rarity: Common, Artist: Zack Stella
Sorcery
Black
Common
Lifegain
$0.09
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (4)
2018-10-05
If the target creature is a legal target but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still gain life.
2018-10-05
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.
2018-10-05
The amount of life gained is equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.
2018-10-05
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.
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