Momentous Fall 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. You draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then you gain life equal to its toughness.
Complete guide
Momentous Fall is a powerful green instant that turns your creatures into a wealth of resources. By sacrificing a creature as you cast it, you can replenish your hand and bolster your life total in one swift move. It is the perfect response to an opponent's removal spell or a way to capitalize on a creature that has outlived its usefulness.
Understanding the Additional Cost
The most important thing to remember about Momentous Fall is that sacrificing a creature is an additional cost to cast the spell. This means you must choose and sacrifice a creature at the moment you put the spell on the stack. Because this happens during the casting process, your opponents cannot respond by destroying the creature you intend to sacrifice; by the time they get priority to act, the creature is already in the graveyard and the spell is officially cast.
Step-by-Step Resolution
Once Momentous Fall resolves, the game checks the 'last known information' of the creature you sacrificed. First, you draw a number of cards equal to that creature's power. Immediately after drawing, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness. Both of these values are determined by how the creature looked on the battlefield the moment it was sacrificed, including any counters or continuous effects that were modifying its stats.
Strategic Timing
Because Momentous Fall is an instant, it is best used in response to your opponent's actions. If an opponent targets your largest creature with a destruction spell, you can cast Momentous Fall to sacrifice that creature yourself. You still lose the creature, but you gain a massive card advantage and life boost instead of letting it die for nothing.
Interaction examples
Beast WithinIf your opponent casts Beast Within targeting your 5/5 creature, you can cast Momentous Fall in response, sacrificing that creature. Momentous Fall goes on the stack above Beast Within. You will draw 5 cards and gain 5 life. Then, Beast Within will fizzle (be removed from the stack) because its target is no longer on the battlefield, meaning your opponent doesn't even get to give you a 3/3 Beast token.
Return of the WildspeakerYou can use Return of the Wildspeaker to give your non-Human creatures +3/+3 until end of turn. If you then cast Momentous Fall sacrificing one of those buffed creatures, the game checks the power and toughness as they were with the +3/+3 bonus. A creature that was originally 4/4 will result in you drawing 7 cards and gaining 7 life.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Momentous Fall
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.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The sacrificed creature’s last known existence on the battlefield is checked to determine its power and its toughness.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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