Devour Flesh
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Gatecrash #63 (common)
- Price
- $0.18 USD
Target player sacrifices a creature of their choice, then gains life equal to that creature's toughness.
Devour Flesh has 2 printings, first in Gatecrash (2013). EDHREC ranks it #20,678 among Commander cards. It appears most in Lord Dregg, Insect Invader decks (4 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Devour Flesh most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Lord Dregg, Insect Invader: 4 decks
- Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal: 2 decks
- Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor: 1 decks
Often played with Devour Flesh
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Devour Flesh targets only a player. It doesn’t target any creatures. The target player chooses which creature to sacrifice when the spell resolves. That player can sacrifice only a creature they control.
- : The amount of life gained is equal to the creature’s toughness as it last existed on the battlefield.