Burnt Offering

Ice Age (ICE) #116 · Common · Instant

Mana cost: {B}

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana in any combination of {B} and/or {R}, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.

"My foes serve me twice: in dying, and in death."
—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Illustrated by Daniel Gelon · Released June 3, 1995

Prices

Nonfoil price over the last 90 days: down $0.03 USD (2.0%) to $1.45 USD; low $1.31 USD, high $1.60 USD.

Printings

  1. Secret Lair Drop #7047 (SLD) · Rare · 2025 · $18.98 USD
  2. Treasure Chest #65833 (PZ2) · Common · 2016
  3. Ice Age #116 (this printing) · Common · 1995 · $1.45 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2013-04-15 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2013-04-15 · wotc — You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Ashling, the Limitless · in 8% of 49 decks

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