---
name: "Acceptable Losses"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "172"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mike Ploog"
oracle_id: "2b6d95b5-0680-43ae-9ff3-8e287a9eb837"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/acceptable-losses-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Acceptable Losses
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card at random.
Acceptable Losses deals 5 damage to target creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tormenting Voice](/printing/tormenting-voice-sir.md) — Sorcery
2. [Sonic Seizure](/printing/sonic-seizure-tor.md) — Instant
3. [Sonic Burst](/printing/sonic-burst-exo.md) — Instant
4. [Kindle the Carnage](/printing/kindle-the-carnage-dis.md) — Sorcery
5. [Incinerating Blast](/printing/incinerating-blast-fdn.md) — Sorcery
6. [Pyromancy](/printing/pyromancy-ulg.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #172
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mike Ploog
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`