Sacrifice
spgSpecial Guests#69mythic
Legal in 13 of 23 formats
Treatments
BorderlessFull ArtFoil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$16.72
Foil$51.60
Foil premium
3.09×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$16.72
Foil
$51.60
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Card text & rulings
Oracle text
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add an amount of equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.
Ability breakdown
Abilities
Addl. CostAs an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
SpellAdd an amount of equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.
equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.Rulings
- WotCApr 15, 2013
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
- WotCApr 15, 2013
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Sacrificing an animated land gives no mana since the converted mana cost was zero.
Market & price history
Market
SPG #69
2026-07-06Sacrifice
$16.72TCGplayer market▼ -1.2% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$12.80Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$12.50· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.30 (+2.3%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$60.00Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$37.50· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$22.50 (+37.5%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 3h agoRealized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$16.72▼ -2.5%
Foil$51.60▲ +3.3%
Across all copies
This card, all printings.
Cheaper copy available: $10.11
Cross-printing valuation
11 printings across 10 sets
Printings
11 total
Special Guests#69
2024 · David Palumbo
$16.72$51.60
30th Anniversary Edition#121
2022 · Dan Frazier
$10.11
30th Anniversary Edition#418
2022 · Dan Frazier
$43.41
Summer Magic / Edgar#126
1994 · Dan Frazier
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Foreign Black Border#126
1994 · Dan Frazier
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Revised Edition#126
1994 · Dan Frazier
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Intl. Collectors' Edition#125
1993 · Dan Frazier
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Collectors' Edition#125
1993 · Dan Frazier
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Unlimited Edition#125
1993 · Dan Frazier
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Limited Edition Beta#125
1993 · Dan Frazier
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Limited Edition Alpha#124
1993 · Dan Frazier
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Combos
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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolLegal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
“Cultists eagerly undergo the Rite of the Threshold, allowing Valgavoth to feed on their fear and bind them to the essence of the House.”
Illustrated by
David Palumbo
Reference & exit links
Card details
- Artist
- David Palumbo
- Frame
- inverted
- Language
- EN
- Border
- borderless
- Security stamp
- oval
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