Severed Strands
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This printing
SetJ25
Collector #488
Released2024-11-15
Raritycommon
ArtistZack Stella
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Severed Strands

CommonColour IDMV 2
Sorcery
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.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2018-10-05Newest 2024-08-02Cheapest priced $0.07 in GRN
Rulings (4)
wotc5 Oct 2018
If the target creature is a legal target but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still gain life.
wotc5 Oct 2018
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.
wotc5 Oct 2018
The amount of life gained is equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.
wotc5 Oct 2018
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.