---
name: "Burnt Offering"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "7047"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Iron Maiden"
oracle_id: "86eb30a0-0beb-42db-9ddf-cf8be6c99dd3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/burnt-offering-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Burnt Offering
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana in any combination of {B} and/or {R}, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.

> **"The Wicker Man," single (2000)**

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
2. [Spontaneous Combustion](/printing/spontaneous-combustion-tmp.md) — Instant
3. [Pyrrhic Blast](/printing/pyrrhic-blast-bro.md) — Instant
4. [Infernal Plunge](/printing/infernal-plunge-isd.md) — Sorcery
5. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
6. [Rite of Consumption](/printing/rite-of-consumption-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #7047
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Iron Maiden
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`