Life's Legacy
Magic 2015 183 • rare
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Collector number
- 183
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Market price
- $4.99
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
At the instant of death, the mystery of life.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Life's Legacy was released in the Magic 2015 core set as a green sorcery. It serves as a mechanical successor to older sacrifice-based card draw effects, designed to reward players for committing high-power creatures to the board. By requiring the sacrifice of a creature as an additional cost, the card creates a high-risk, high-reward play pattern intended to swing the momentum of a game when a player holds a board-dominant threat.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Mathias Kollros, who emphasized the visceral, elemental transition of a creature's strength into the player's resources. The design reflects the quintessential green color identity of Magic: The Gathering, which often equates the loss of life with the gain of knowledge or growth. Upon release, it was well-received in formats like Commander, where its ability to trade a single large creature for a significant influx of cards provides substantial utility.
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