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Bone Shards
CommonColour IDMV 1
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or discard a card.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2021-06-18Newest 2024-08-02Cheapest priced $0.18 in PLST
Rulings (2)
wotc18 Jun 2021
Once you begin to cast Bone Shards, no player may take actions until you're done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice or make you discard your last card.
wotc18 Jun 2021
You must sacrifice exactly one creature or discard exactly one card to cast this spell; you can't cast it without sacrificing a creature or discarding a card, and you can't sacrifice additional creatures or discard additional cards.
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