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Culling the Weak
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Culling the Weak

{B}

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

"The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name." —Stronghold architect, journal

Set
Exodus (EXO #55)
Rarity
Common
Mana value
1
Released
1998-06-15
Artist
Scott M. Fischer
EDHREC rank
#502
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.73
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Ramp

Combos 31

Underworld Breach+Culling the Weak+Stitcher's Supplier
{B}{R}
Infinite self-mill
6,407 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
4,943 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Scholar of the Ages+Culling the Weak+Persist
{U}{B}
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
2,268 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Scholar of the Ages+Shallow Grave+Culling the Weak
{U}{B}
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
2,017 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Scholar of the Ages
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
1,539 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist+Persist+Archaeomancer+Culling the Weak
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite death triggersInfinite lifelossInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
1,192 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Archaeomancer
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
962 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Scholar of the Ages+Corpse Dance+Culling the Weak
{U}{B}
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
716 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist+Spellseeker+Culling the Weak+Shallow Grave+Burnt Offering+Finale of Promise+Reanimate+Entomb+Archaeomancer+Unearth
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite death triggersInfinite lifelossInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
668 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Scholar of the Ages+Exhume+Culling the Weak
{U}{B}
Each opponent returns all creature cards from their graveyard to the battlefieldInfinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
357 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Scholar of the Ages+Victimize+Culling the Weak
{U}{B}
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
355 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Ardent Elementalist
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
181 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashling, the Limitless+Greenwarden of Murasa+Culling the Weak+Phyrexian Altar
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
125 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Revolutionist
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
98 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Scholar of the Ages+Culling the Weak+Stitch Together
{U}{B}
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
64 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Mnemonic Wall
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
27 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Shipwreck Dowser
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
23 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Izzet Chronarch
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
18 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Salvager of Secrets
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
17 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Zealous Lorecaster
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
8 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Culling the Weak+Saw in Half+Spark Double
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countPut all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard and library into your handReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Culling the Weak+Saw in Half+Auton Soldier
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countPut all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard and library into your handReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
5 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Vampire Charmseeker
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Returned Pastcaller
{R}{W}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Culling the Weak+Saw in Half+Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countPut all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard and library into your handReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Possessed Skaab
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Saw in Half+Culling the Weak+Warden of the Eye
{W}{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashling, the Limitless+Greenwarden of Murasa+Culling the Weak+Thermopod
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Patron of the Moon+Uyo, Silent Prophet+Culling the Weak
{U}{B}
Infinite black manaInfinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stackInfinite landfall triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Culling the Weak+Saw in Half+Chameleon, Master of Disguise
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countPut all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard and library into your handReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kairi, the Swirling Sky+Culling the Weak+Saw in Half+Sakashima the Impostor
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm countPut all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard and library into your handReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 31 combos.

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Legal
PreDH Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 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.

  • 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.

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