Burnt Offering is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Add X mana in any combination ofand/or
, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.
How it works : Burnt Offering
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Saw in Half + Burnt Offering + Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Saw in Half by paying
, destroying Pinnacle Monk and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time. - 2When the Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand.
- 3Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing a token, adding plus an additional amount of and/or equal to its mana value minus 2.
- 4Repeat.
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#2
Scholar of the Ages + Burnt Offering + Persist
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven .
- 2Cast Persist by paying its mana cost, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3When Scholar of the Ages enters, it triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Persist from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Scholar of the Ages + Burnt Offering + Shallow Grave
Infinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite black manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven mana in any combination of and/or .
- 2Cast Shallow Grave by paying
, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield. - 3Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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#4
Ashling, the Limitless + Greenwarden of Murasa + Burnt Offering
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite black manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing Greenwarden of Murasa.
- 2When Greenwarden of Murasa dies, Ashling triggers, creating a token copy of Greenwarden of Murasa with haste.
- 3When the Greenwarden of Murasa token enters, it triggers, returning Greenwarden of Murasa from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Resolve Burnt Offering, adding and then five in any combination of and/or .
- 5Cast Greenwarden of Murasa for its evoke cost by paying
. - 6When Greenwarden of Murasa enters, its first ability and evoke abilities trigger.
- 7Resolve the first trigger, returning Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand.
- 8Holding priority, repeat steps 1 through 4 once.
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#5
Saw in Half + Burnt Offering + Scholar of the Ages
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Saw in Half by paying , destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
- 2When the Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand along with up to two other instants and/or sorceries.
- 3Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing a Scholar of the Ages token, adding plus an additional amount of and/or equal to its mana value minus 2.
- 4Repeat.
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#6
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Persist + Burnt Offering + Archaeomancer
Infinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifeloss
- 1Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing Archaeomancer, adding .
- 2Cast Persist by paying , returning Archaeomancer from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Inalla.
- 4Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Inalla trigger, causing you to pay to create a token copy of Archaeomancer with haste.
- 6The token Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Persist from your graveyard to your hand.
- 7Repeat.
- 8Once you have infinite Archaeomancer tokens, if Inalla is on the battlefield, you may activate Inalla's ability infinite times to cause infinite lifeloss for opponents.
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#7
Burnt Offering + Reiterate
Infinite black manaInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite red manaInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Burnt Offering by paying and by sacrificing any creature with mana value seven or greater.
- 2Holding priority, cast Reiterate with buyback by paying , copying Burnt Offering.
- 3Resolve the copy of Burnt Offering, adding at least
. - 4Repeat from step 2.
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#8
Saw in Half + Burnt Offering + Archaeomancer
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Saw in Half by paying , destroying Archaeomancer and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
- 2When the Archaeomancer tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand.
- 3Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing a Archaeomancer token, adding plus an additional amount of and/or equal to its mana value minus 2.
- 4Repeat.
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Legal formats
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