---
name: "Blood for Bones"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "M20"
set_name: "Core Set 2020"
collector_number: "89"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Seb McKinnon"
oracle_id: "fc7439ec-32e3-47db-9ff4-6eb84cb33d89"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-for-bones-m20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blood for Bones
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then return another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Altar of Bone](/printing/altar-of-bone-ice.md) — Sorcery
2. [Bankrupt in Blood](/printing/bankrupt-in-blood-rna.md) — Sorcery
3. [Bone Splinters](/printing/bone-splinters-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Skulltap](/printing/skulltap-scg.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
6. [Blood Divination](/printing/blood-divination-jmp.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Core Set 2020 (M20) #89
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Seb McKinnon
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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