---
name: "Bone Splinters"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "88"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "0c936582-d4c0-4da8-bc7e-49da5a433939"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bone-splinters-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bone Splinters
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy target creature.

> *"Which do you deserve, the heft of a femur or the graceful sharpness of a forearm? Decisions, decisions . . ."
—Gisa the Mad*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bone Shards](/printing/bone-shards-mh2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
3. [Spark Harvest](/printing/spark-harvest-war.md) — Sorcery
4. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Powerstone Fracture](/printing/powerstone-fracture-bro.md) — Sorcery
6. [Blood for Bones](/printing/blood-for-bones-m20.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #88
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 62 across all historical editions

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