Severed Strands {1}{B}
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.
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Illustrated by Zack Stella
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
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Notes and Rules Information for Severed Strands:
- 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. (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)
- 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)
- 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)