Severed Strands
Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #488 · Common · Sorcery
Mana cost: {1}{B}
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."
Illustrated by Zack Stella · Released November 15, 2024
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.30 USD · €0.19 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: no net change at $0.30 USD; low $0.29 USD, high $0.31 USD.
Printings
- Foundations Jumpstart #488 (this printing) · Common · 2024 · $0.30 USD
- The List #GRN-85 (PLST) · Common · 2024 · $0.12 USD
- Double Masters 2022 #88 (2X2) · Common · 2022 · $0.09 USD
- Guilds of Ravnica #85 (GRN) · Common · 2018 · $0.08 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: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2018-10-05 · wotc — 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 · 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.
- 2018-10-05 · wotc — The amount of life gained is equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.
- 2018-10-05 · wotc — 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.