Severed Strands
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Sorcery
Severed Strands
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Oracle text
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.
Commander : legalModern : legalPioneer : legalStandard : not legalLegacy : legalVintage : legalPauper : legal
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Official rulings (4) · Scryfall
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.