Culling the Weak
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #27 · Rare · Instant
Mana cost: {B}
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.
"Great power awaits those who can stomach its cost."
—*The Season of Loss,* chapter one
Illustrated by Aitor Sebastián · Released April 24, 2026
Prices
- Nonfoil: $10.36 USD · €7.42 EUR
- Foil: $12.99 USD · €10.42 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.52 USD (4.8%) to $10.36 USD; low $7.76 USD, high $11.63 USD.
Printings
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #27 (this printing) · Rare · 2026 · $10.36 USD
- Secret Lair Drop #1818 (SLD) · Rare · 2025 · $19.96 USD
- Secret Lair Drop #883 (SLD) · Rare · 2025 · $152.38 USD foil
- Mystery Booster 2 #40 (MB2) · Common · 2024 · $6.68 USD
- Exodus #55 (EXO) · Common · 1998 · $8.39 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 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.
- 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
- Tymna the Weaver · in 32% of 50 decks
- Marrow-Gnawer · in 19% of 47 decks
- Syr Konrad, the Grim · in 18% of 40 decks
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth · in 15% of 48 decks
- Reyhan, Last of the Abzan · in 14% of 49 decks
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver · in 13% of 45 decks
- Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar · in 13% of 47 decks
- Imotekh the Stormlord · in 11% of 44 decks