Severed Strands

Sorcery

Illustrated by Zack Stella

F

EDHREC Rank #13,078

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.

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Rulings (4)

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.

Oct 5, 2018

The amount of life gained is equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.

Oct 5, 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.

Oct 5, 2018