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Severed Strands
Sorcery
common
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.
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Specifically removes creatures — destroy, exile, damage, or -X/-X.
Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.
Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.
Broadly benefits from sacrificing permanents — overlaps aristocrats but includes non-creature sacrifice.
Lets you sacrifice your own creatures or permanents for value. Key enabler for aristocrats strategies.
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Printings (4)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations Jumpstart#488 | common | · | · | · |
| The List#GRN-85 | common | · | · | · |
| Double Masters 2022#88 | common | · | · | · |
| Guilds of Ravnica#85 | common | · | · | · |
Rulings
If the target creature is a legal target but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still gain life.
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.
The amount of life gained is equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.
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.