First printed in Ice Age (1995)
All 3 prints
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #7047, 2025
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Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65833, 2016 (digital)
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Ice Age (ICE) #116, 1995
Burnt Offering 
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana in any combination of and/or 
, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
MTGO price: 1.37 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
Staple
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Commander staples:
main deck, 4% of decks (#380)
Black, Instants, Ramp -
Duel Commander staples:
main deck, 4% of decks (#511)
Black, Instants, Ramp
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Combos
59 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Burnt Offering + Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak + Saw in Half
- Infinite black mana, Infinite creature ETB…: Burnt Offering + Persist + Scholar of the Ages
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite black mana…: Burnt Offering + Scholar of the Ages + Shallow Grave
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashling, the Limitless + Burnt Offering + Greenwarden of Murasa
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Burnt Offering + Saw in Half + Scholar of the Ages
- Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite death triggers…: Archaeomancer + Burnt Offering + Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Persist
- Infinite black mana, Infinite magecraft triggers…: Burnt Offering + Reiterate
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Archaeomancer + Burnt Offering + Saw in Half
- Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Burnt Offering + Corpse Dance + Scholar of the Ages
- Infinite lifeloss, Infinite magecraft triggers…: Archaeomancer + Burnt Offering + Culling the Weak + Entomb + Finale of Promise + Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Reanimate + Shallow Grave + Spellseeker + Unearth
