Blood for Bones
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then return another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- Set
- Core Set 2020 (M20 #89)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2019-07-12
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- EDHREC rank
- #7,587
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2019-07-12
Any abilities that trigger as the creature card is returned to the battlefield won’t resolve until after Blood for Bones is finished resolving.
- 2019-07-12
Blood for Bones doesn’t target the creature cards to return from your graveyard. This means that, while the spell is resolving, no player may take any actions between the time you choose the cards and return them.
- 2019-07-12
Once you begin to cast Blood for Bones, no player may take actions until you’re done. Notably, opponents can’t try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice.
- 2019-07-12
The creature sacrificed to cast Blood for Bones may be one of the cards chosen to be returned.
- 2019-07-12
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you can’t cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can’t sacrifice additional creatures.