Sacrifice rulings
Asked by Plummyr 13 years ago
Can anyone give me a overview on just how sacrificing works?
My big questions are when you're allowed to sac a creature, if you can sac just to sac it without a card like Altar's Reap etc...and if you can sac more than one creature a turn.
I can't remember the scenario from the other day, but I think a guy I was playing on game day was sacrificing Doomed Traveler as soon as it hit the field, and for some reason I'm not thinking that's allowed, but didn't know enough to argue it.
Thanks guys.
xeratheenigma says... #2
you are only allowed to sacrifice something when it is called for due an additional cost i.e. Altar's Reap, part of a spell or abilities effect i.e. Innocent Blood, or part of an ability cost i.e. Bloodthrone Vampire Vampire Hexmage. there is no limit on how many sacrifices can be made in a turn but there must something that calls for a sacrifice, for example you can sacrifice as many creatures as you want to bloodthrone vampire for the +2/+2 bonus.
if your opponent was doin that it is an illegal play unless he had a sac outlet of some sort such as any of the cards listed above.
February 29, 2012 2:50 p.m.
That's what I was thinking, that there had to be something to trigger a sacrifice. Thanks for the quick answer!
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
You can't sacrifice a creature "just because." There has to be a reason, such as the payment of a cost or the effect of a spell/ability.
You can sac creatures more than once a turn, but you can only sacrifice any given creature once. If a creature is sacrificed, it is put into its owner's graveyard; the sacrifice doesn't use the stack, so you can't try to multi-sac one creature.
February 29, 2012 2:42 p.m.