First printed in Fifth Dawn (2004)
Instant
Choose one —
• Sacrifice any number of creatures. You gain 3 life for each creature sacrificed this way.
• Pay any amount of life, then look at that many cards from the top of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and exile the rest.
Entwine 
(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
- Illustrated by
- Justin Sweet
Legality
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- Assuming the entwine cost has been paid, the effect is (1) sacrifice any number of creatures, (2) gain 3 life for each sacrificed creature, (3) choose X, (4) pay X life, and (5) look at the top X cards of your library, put one into your hand, and exile the rest.
- Everything other than the mode/entwine choice (and paying the
, of course) is done on resolution.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.01 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
3 combos, the most popular first:
- Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep: Near-Death Experience + Plunge into Darkness
- Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss: Children of Korlis + Plunge into Darkness + Vizkopa Guildmage
- Win the game: Approach of the Second Sun + Plunge into Darkness
