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You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #281
Altar of Bone
ice·#281·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Melissa A. Benson
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Jun 1995
31 yr ago
Value
$9.41+$1 (+8.8%)
30 days high $9.41 · low $8.65
Volatility · moderate
USD$9.41EUR€4.62
NM$9.41
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #14,056 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
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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.
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Because the “search” requires you to find a card with certain characteristics, you don’t have to find the card if you don’t want to.
Context
Last observed at $9.41, up from $8.65 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $4.91 and $9.41 across 34 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 19 hours ago at $9.41.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ICE — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Ice Age* (released June 1995).
Card #281 in Ice Age.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: green/white. Mana cost: {G}{W} (2 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.
EDHrec ranks this card #14,056 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Melissa A. Benson. Rarix tracks 261 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Melissa A. Benson
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