Worthy Cause
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Tempest #53 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.42 USD
Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
Worthy Cause has 1 printing, first in Tempest (1997). EDHREC ranks it #22,472 among Commander cards. It appears most in Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero decks (236 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Worthy Cause most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero: 236 decks
- Yosei, the Morning Star: 10 decks
- Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior: 1 decks
- Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix": 1 decks
- Doctor Jane Foster: 1 decks
- Lieutenant Kirtar
Often played with Worthy Cause
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.