---
name: "Grisly Ritual"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "VOW"
set_name: "Innistrad: Crimson Vow"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anastasia Ovchinnikova"
oracle_id: "56c78349-e4fa-48ba-ae8e-d2312ae6edc6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grisly-ritual-vow"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Grisly Ritual
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Create two Blood tokens. (They're artifacts with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

> *"You can always tell who's new from the screaming."
—Tinua, Skirsdag cultist*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Liturgy of Blood](/printing/liturgy-of-blood-m14.md) — Sorcery
2. [Bloodtithe Harvester](/printing/bloodtithe-harvester-vow.md) — Creature — Vampire
3. [Blood for Bones](/printing/blood-for-bones-m20.md) — Sorcery
4. [Blood Pet](/printing/blood-pet-7ed.md) — Creature — Thrull
5. [Vampire's Kiss](/printing/vampires-kiss-dbl.md) — Sorcery
6. [Blood Money](/printing/blood-money-clb.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #116
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anastasia Ovchinnikova
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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