Severed Strands
Sorcery
PLSTThe List#GRN-85common
"I've seen Ravnica's fate. Believe me, I'm doing you a favor."
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 121
- Illustrator
- Zack Stella
- Found in
- Mystery Booster 2 Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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.
Plays as: Spot Removal
Market · per finishspark updated 13h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.15
$0.02 low$0.01 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
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Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.15as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.21L $0.01since Oct 2024$0.02
$0.01
$0.01+50% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.08· across 4 printings
Rulings
4 · latest Oct 5, 2018 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 5, 2018
If the target creature is a legal target but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still gain life.
- WotCOct 5, 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.
- WotCOct 5, 2018
The amount of life gained is equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.
- WotCOct 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.