Severed Strands
Sorcery
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.
Legalities
- brawl: banned
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- standard: banned
- vintage: legal
- pioneer: legal
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:
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.
- 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.