---
name: "Sacrifice"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SUM"
set_name: "Summer Magic / Edgar"
collector_number: "126"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dan Frazier"
oracle_id: "068b3692-411b-44d4-a7e9-005262760cfc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sacrifice-sum"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sacrifice
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add an amount of {B} equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Burnt Offering](/printing/burnt-offering-ice.md) — Instant
2. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-exo.md) — Instant
3. [Worthy Cost](/printing/worthy-cost-tdm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Call for Blood](/printing/call-for-blood-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
5. [Pyrrhic Blast](/printing/pyrrhic-blast-bro.md) — Instant
6. [Final Strike](/printing/final-strike-por.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Summer Magic / Edgar (SUM) #126
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dan Frazier

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* Sacrificing an animated land gives no mana since the converted mana cost was zero.
- *(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.