Village Rites
The List INR-137 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- INR-137
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Bud Cook
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
"You were so eager to take and consume. Yet when asked to give, you refuse?"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Village Rites was originally introduced in the 2019 Magic: The Gathering set Modern Horizons. Designed as a common-rarity instant, it was conceived as a high-efficiency sacrifice outlet that allowed players to trade a creature for two cards, providing a powerful utility effect for black-aligned archetypes focused on graveyard synergy or death triggers. The card quickly became a staple in various constructed formats, valued for its low mana cost and its ability to turn sacrificial fodder into card advantage.
The version appearing in The List, indexed as INR-137, features the original illustration by artist Volkan Baga. Baga is known for his atmospheric and narrative-driven approach to fantasy art, and here he portrays a dark, ritualistic scene that perfectly captures the flavor of a grim bargain. The inclusion of this card in The List—a curated pool of reprints that periodically appears in set boosters—reflects its enduring mechanical significance and its status as a foundational piece of design for black-color identity in modern Magic.
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