Miscellaneous

How do you sacrifice a creature in Magic The Gathering?

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How do you sacrifice a creature in Magic The Gathering?

To sacrifice a permanent, you move it from the battlefield to your graveyard. You can’t regenerate it or save it in any way. You can sacrifice only your own permanents. To choose one of your permanents on the battlefield and put it into its owner’s graveyard.

Can you sacrifice a creature in response to sacrificing it?

No, you can’t lock in that creature for sacrifice. If you do respond to Eldrazi Monument and sacrifice a creature, it just means that that particular creature won’t exist when you are told by Eldrazi Monument to “sacrifice a creature”.

Can you just sacrifice a creature in MTG?

You can’t sacrifice a creature simply because you want to. You may only sacrifice creatures when instructed to do so by an effect (see Tribute to Hunger) or as a cost (see Viscera Seer). You may activate Reassembling Skeleton’s ability any time you have priority, as long as it is in your graveyard.

Can you sacrifice a creature for no reason?

The “Sacrifice” ability is an activated ability, so you can activate it at any time. You can’t sacrifice a creature without some kind of spell or ability that lets you.

Can you regenerate a tapped creature?

Tap/Untap. A creature that has been dealt lethal damage and been regenerated gets tapped afterwards. However, creatures who are already tapped still can be regenerated, but remain tapped.

Can you sacrifice lands?

Sacrifice two lands: Return Coffin Puppets from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep and only if you control a Swamp. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Can you counter a sacrifice ability?

So there’s no way to counter an ability with a sacrifice cost… There are a number of ways to counter an ability with a sacrifice cost, mainly by making the target illegal in response.

Can you sacrifice a creature twice?

No, you can’t sacrifice a creature twice. In the example you gave, sacrificing the boar is a cost of activating the scourge’s ability…it happens immediately, not when the Scourge trigger resolves.

Can you sacrifice a creature with summoning sickness?

Yes. Unless it’s a cost of its own ability includes tapping, it won’t be affected by summoning sickness.

Can you regenerate from Deathtouch?

You can regenerate from Deathtouch by paying the regeneration cost. If a creature blocking or blocked by a creature with Deathtouch is dealt enough combat damage to destroy it, its controller does not have to pay regeneration costs twice to keep it alive.

Can you sacrifice lands in Magic The Gathering?

this is a triggered ability. when scythe tiger resolves and enters the battlefield, this ability triggers and is placed on the stack. when that ability resolves, it specifically gives you the choice to sacrifice a land or not. if you sacrifice a land then the tiger remains on the battlefield.