---
name: "Culling the Weak"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MB2"
set_name: "Mystery Booster 2"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "6385fd0d-256d-4400-9319-afa8170024db"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/culling-the-weak-mb2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Culling the Weak
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

> *"The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name."
—Stronghold architect, journal*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
2. [Spark Harvest](/printing/spark-harvest-war.md) — Sorcery
3. [Worthy Cost](/printing/worthy-cost-tdm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Bone Splinters](/printing/bone-splinters-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Call for Blood](/printing/call-for-blood-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
6. [Severed Strands](/printing/severed-strands-j25.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #40
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 21 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`