---
name: "Worthy Cause"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Buyback"]
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Matson"
oracle_id: "b24063f7-157f-47c0-919a-33856d53b902"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/worthy-cause-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Worthy Cause
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Buyback

## Oracle Text
Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Reaping the Rewards](/printing/reaping-the-rewards-exo.md) — Instant
2. [Worthy Cost](/printing/worthy-cost-tdm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Recruit the Worthy](/printing/recruit-the-worthy-mh1.md) — Instant
4. [Reckoner's Bargain](/printing/reckoners-bargain-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
6. [Rite of Consumption](/printing/rite-of-consumption-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #53
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Matson
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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