Altar of Bone
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SetICE
Collector #281
Released1995-06-03
Rarityrare
ArtistMelissa A. Benson
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Altar of Bone

RareReserved listColour IDMV 2
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (3)
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.
wotc4 Oct 2004
Because the “search” requires you to find a card with certain characteristics, you don’t have to find the card if you don’t want to.