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Ritual of the Machine
RareReserved listColour IDMV 4
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Gain control of target nonartifact, nonblack creature.
Card capabilities
Sacrifice outletSorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Digital formats
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2008-09-22Newest 2008-09-22
Rulings (2)
wotc15 Apr 2013
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.
wotc15 Apr 2013
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
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