---
name: "Sacred Rites"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Bradley Williams"
oracle_id: "860a0e32-135b-4972-a1af-ebac60cae08f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sacred-rites-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sacred Rites
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Discard any number of cards. Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn for each card discarded this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rites of Initiation](/printing/rites-of-initiation-ody.md) — Instant
2. [Confessor](/printing/confessor-ody.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Tireless Tribe](/printing/tireless-tribe-ody.md) — Creature — Human Nomad
4. [Waste Away](/printing/waste-away-tor.md) — Instant
5. [Ghost Tactician](/printing/ghost-tactician-plc.md) — Creature — Spirit Spellshaper
6. [Last Rites](/printing/last-rites-ody.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #44
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Bradley Williams
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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