Card

Culling the Weak

Mana cost {B}

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 31 known combos. 2 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Common · EXO · #55
Cheapest printing
€6.97
EDHREC salt
0.51
Color identity
Black

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

31 known combos.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2013-04-15 · 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.
  • 2013-04-15 · 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.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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