Severed Strands
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Destroy target creature an opponent controls.
"I've seen Ravnica's fate. Believe me, I'm doing you a favor."
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25 #488)
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana value
- 2
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Artist
- Zack Stella
- EDHREC rank
- #13,062
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
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EDHREC
Combos 1
Format legality
Rulings
- 2018-10-05
If the target creature is a legal target but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still gain life.
- 2018-10-05
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Severed Strands tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain life.
- 2018-10-05
The amount of life gained is equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.
- 2018-10-05
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.