---
name: "Eaten Alive"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "99"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "d437ecc2-2fd3-4ad3-b23e-217f55e58dae"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/eaten-alive-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}.
Exile target creature or planeswalker.

> *"If you hear a groaning noise in the cellar, don't investigate. Don't split up. Just lock the door and barricade it."
—Emili, guard captain*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Worthy Cost](/printing/worthy-cost-tdm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Feed the Serpent](/printing/feed-the-serpent-khm.md) — Instant
3. [Rite of Consumption](/printing/rite-of-consumption-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Final Vengeance](/printing/final-vengeance-dsk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Necrotic Fumes](/printing/necrotic-fumes-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
6. [Spark Harvest](/printing/spark-harvest-war.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #99
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 32 across all historical editions

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