Life's Legacy 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.
Official card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Complete guide
Life's Legacy is a powerful green sorcery that turns your biggest creature into a massive influx of new resources. By trading a creature on the battlefield for cards in your hand, you can ensure that even a removal-targeted threat provides you with lasting value.
What It Does
Life's Legacy allows you to draw cards equal to the power of a creature you sacrifice. This is a one-time sorcery effect that requires you to give up a board presence in exchange for card advantage. Because the sacrifice is an additional cost, you must choose and lose the creature at the moment you attempt to cast the spell.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, you announce Life's Legacy and put it on the stack. Second, as part of paying the costs, you choose exactly one creature you control and sacrifice it. Third, once the spell resolves, you check the power that the sacrificed creature had at the moment it left the battlefield (its 'last known information'). Finally, you draw that many cards.
Common Mistakes
The most common mistake is trying to respond to the sacrifice. Because sacrificing the creature is an additional cost, the creature is already in the graveyard by the time any player receives priority to cast spells or activate abilities. Your opponent cannot 'kill the creature in response' to stop the draw, because the creature is already gone.
When to Play It
This spell is best used when you have a high-power creature that has been neutralized by an opponent's enchantment or when you simply need to dig through your library for specific combo pieces. Since it is a sorcery, you cannot use it in response to an opponent's board wipe; you must be proactive in deciding when to cash in your creature.
Interaction examples
If you control a creature with 5 power and cast Life's Legacy, you sacrifice that creature as a cost. When the spell resolves, you draw 5 cards. If the creature had a temporary power boost, such as from an equipment or aura, those bonuses are counted because the spell checks the power the creature had the last moment it was on the battlefield.
CultivateIn the early game, you might use Cultivate to ensure you have the mana required to cast both a large creature and Life's Legacy in the same turn later on. Life's Legacy requires two mana ({1}{G}), so having your mana base prepared with spells like Cultivate is essential for a smooth transition from ramp to card draw.
FarseekYou can use Farseek to find specific colors of mana needed for high-power creatures. Once those creatures are on the board, Life's Legacy acts as the payoff. If you sacrifice a creature and draw into another Farseek, you can continue to thin your deck, ensuring your future draws are high-impact spells rather than just lands.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Life's Legacy
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you can't cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can't 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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