Rite of Consumption
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ShadowmoorSHM · #76
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 3.56 € · ★ 16.63 € · 6.02 $ · ★ 28.60 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Rite of Consumption deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target player or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Ron Spencer
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-05-02
Rulings
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.
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
