TYPE
Sorcery

ABILITY
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.

FLAVOR TEXT
"I've seen Ravnica's fate. Believe me, I'm doing you a favor."

ILLUSTRATOR
Zack Stella

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
EN FR DE IT JP KR PT RU ES ZH-CN ZH-TW

RULINGS

• 2018-10-05 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.
• 2018-10-05 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.
• 2018-10-05 The amount of life gained is equal to the sacrificed creature’s toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.
• 2018-10-05 If the target creature is a legal target but can’t be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still gain life.