---
name: "Momentous Fall"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "411"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tomasz Jedruszek"
oracle_id: "6a5ce1b0-ac78-4a74-9eb7-4064e1687bf1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/momentous-fall-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Momentous Fall
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then you gain life equal to its toughness.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Life's Legacy](/printing/lifes-legacy-ncc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Greater Good](/printing/greater-good-msc.md) — Enchantment
3. [Altar's Reap](/printing/altars-reap-cma.md) — Instant
4. [Pyrrhic Blast](/printing/pyrrhic-blast-bro.md) — Instant
5. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-sum.md) — Instant
6. [Village Rites](/printing/village-rites-inr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #411
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tomasz Jedruszek

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2010-06-15)* The sacrificed creature’s last known existence on the battlefield is checked to determine its power and its toughness.
- *(2013-04-15)* You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
- *(2013-04-15)* Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.