Worthy Cause
Tempest (TMP) #53 · Uncommon · Instant
Mana cost: {W}
Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
Illustrated by John Matson · Released October 14, 1997
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.39 USD · €0.66 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.01 USD (2.6%) to $0.39 USD; low $0.38 USD, high $0.39 USD.
Printings
- Tempest #53 (this printing) · Uncommon · 1997 · $0.39 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not 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.