Printings
Launch Party
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Jumpstart (JMP)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 248
Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- April 15, 2013
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
Source: wotc - April 15, 2013
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.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2012
If you sacrifice an attacking or blocking creature during the declare blockers step, it won’t deal combat damage. If you wait until the combat damage step, but that creature is dealt lethal damage, it’ll be destroyed before you get a chance to sacrifice it.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2012
If the target creature is an illegal target when Launch Party tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will lose 2 life.
Source: wotc
Price History
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