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

RULINGS

• 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.
• 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 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 an illegal target by the time Severed Strands tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain life.