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Killing Wave

{X}{B}

Sorcery

Avacyn Restored·avr #111·Rare·2012·Art by Steve Argyle
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal
Killing Wave
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Oracle Text

For each creature, its controller sacrifices it unless they pay X life.

"I come looking for demons and I find a plane full of angels. I hate angels." —Liliana Vess

Set
Avacyn Restored (AVR)
Number
#111
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Steve Argyle
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.54
USD Foil
$5.56
EUR
€0.84
EUR Foil
€3.63
MTGO Tix
0.02

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings4

5/1/2012·wotc

If you can’t sacrifice a creature (perhaps because of Sigarda, Host of Herons), you can choose not to pay life and nothing will happen.

5/1/2012·wotc

You can’t pay more life than you have.

5/1/2012·wotc

A player may choose to pay life for some creatures and sacrifice the rest. It’s not an all-or-nothing decision.

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