Village Rites
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #486 · Common · Instant
Mana cost: {B}
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
The Skelle raise scorn poles in conquered villages—cursed totems of wood and bone that sap survivors of physical strength and the will to fight back.
Illustrated by Igor Kieryluk · Released December 2, 2022
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.36 USD · €0.36 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.02 USD (5.9%) to $0.36 USD; low $0.34 USD, high $0.37 USD.
Printings
- The List #INR-137 (PLST) · Common · 2026
- Secret Lair Drop #2248 (SLD) · Rare · 2025
- Innistrad Remastered #137 (INR) · Common · 2025 · $0.93 USD
- Innistrad Remastered #392 (INR) · Common · 2025 · $1.32 USD
- Foundations Jumpstart #508 (J25) · Common · 2024 · $0.38 USD
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #212 (LCC) · Common · 2023 · $0.37 USD
- Jumpstart 2022 #486 (this printing) · Common · 2022 · $0.36 USD
- Game Night: Free-for-All #64 (GN3) · Common · 2022 · $0.76 USD
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive #35 (STA) · Uncommon · 2021 · $0.41 USD
- Kaldheim #117 (KHM) · Common · 2021 · $0.38 USD
- Core Set 2021 #126 (M21) · Common · 2020 · $0.35 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2021-02-05 · wotc — 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.
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