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Rite of Consumption

Rite of Consumption

Sorcery

common

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Rite of Consumption deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target player or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

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Semantic Tags

Life Gainmechanical

Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.

Power Mattersmechanical

Cares about power of creatures — Fling effects, power-based draw, Xenagos strategies.

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.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneernot legal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
pauperlegal
historicnot legal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (2)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
The List#SHM-76common···
Shadowmoor#76common···

Rulings

2013-04-15

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

You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.