---
name: "Sacrifice Play"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Gaser"
oracle_id: "72018a20-db1f-4970-b7ba-724fc0b13429"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sacrifice-play-ust"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sacrifice Play
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
A person outside the game chooses an attacking or blocking creature target opponent controls. That player sacrifices that creature.

> *In recursive chess, one piece can capture another only after beating it in a game of recursive chess.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Celestial Flare](/printing/celestial-flare-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Diabolic Edict](/printing/diabolic-edict-wc99.md) — Instant
3. [Cruel Edict](/printing/cruel-edict-10e.md) — Sorcery
4. [Pharika's Libation](/printing/pharikas-libation-thb.md) — Instant
5. [Geth's Verdict](/printing/geths-verdict-nph.md) — Instant
6. [Gideon's Triumph](/printing/gideons-triumph-war.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #21
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Gaser

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