---
name: "Rite of Consumption"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "76"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "327121a1-f193-44c6-a834-802095abec84"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rite-of-consumption-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Rite of Consumption
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Rite of Consumption deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target player or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Devour Flesh](/printing/devour-flesh-pio.md) — Instant
2. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
3. [Severed Strands](/printing/severed-strands-j25.md) — Sorcery
4. [Eaten Alive](/printing/eaten-alive-inr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Devouring Greed](/printing/devouring-greed-mm2.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
6. [Tribute to Hunger](/printing/tribute-to-hunger-fdn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #76
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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