Birthing Ritual: Seed the Board with Creatures
Birthing Ritual is a patient enchantment that rewards careful planning. For {1}{G}, it lands on the battlefield and waits for the end step as a potential payoff for siege and synergy. At the beginning of your end step, if you control a creature, look at the top seven cards of your library. Then you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, you may put a creature card with mana value X or less from among those cards onto the battlefield, where X is 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Used wisely, Birthing Ritual helps you sculpt your board by grabbing a key threat from the top seven while feeding value onto the battlefield. The X value scales with the sacrificed creature, rewarding thoughtful tradeoffs and pairing well with a variety of boards that generate or leverage creatures. It can tempo your momentum or stabilize your curve by delivering a creature that fits the moment you need it most.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {1}{G}
- Card Type – Enchantment
- Subtypes – None
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – At the beginning of your end step, if you control a creature, look at the top seven cards of your library. Then you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, you may put a creature card with mana value X or less from among those cards onto the battlefield, where X is 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- Power / Toughness – —
- Loyalty – —