Village Rites
Foundations Jumpstart 508 • common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Collector number
- 508
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Bud Cook
- Market price
- $0.39
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 Core Set 2021 expansion as a common-rarity instant. Designed as a functional staple for black-aligned decks, its mechanics allow a player to sacrifice a creature to draw two cards, providing a balanced trade-off between board presence and card advantage. The design philosophy behind the card leans into the flavor of dark, ritualistic magic, emphasizing the necessity of sacrifice to gain forbidden knowledge.
The version from Foundations Jumpstart, featuring artwork by Bud Cook, continues this thematic legacy. Cook’s illustration captures the visceral and solemn nature of the ritual, utilizing a moody aesthetic consistent with the card's dark-magic tropes. Upon its release, the card was widely received by the Magic: The Gathering community as an essential utility spell for aggressive and aristocrat-themed decks, maintaining its status as a reliable tool in various constructed formats.
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