---
name: "Launch Party"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "RTR"
set_name: "Return to Ravnica"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Lucas Graciano"
oracle_id: "f713a6b4-bd9c-4bc3-9e00-26ecf16e4a92"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/launch-party-rtr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Launch Party
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

> *A vida é curta demais para não fazer as coisas que você ama.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
2. [Geth's Verdict](/printing/geths-verdict-nph.md) — Instant
3. [Death Bomb](/printing/death-bomb-pls.md) — Instant
4. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Severed Strands](/printing/severed-strands-j25.md) — Sorcery
6. [Spark Harvest](/printing/spark-harvest-war.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Return to Ravnica (RTR) #69
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Lucas Graciano
- **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: `legal`