Altar of Bone
Sorcery
Printings & Editions
Premodern-legal editions of Altar of Bone — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.
Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.
Critical Rulings
"Because the “search” requires you to find a card with certain characteristics, you don’t have to find the card if you don’t want to."
— 2004-10-04
"You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures."
— 2013-04-15
"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
Price History
91d · USDTracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.
Decks playing Altar of Bone (3)
- Battle Of WitsPere Lloret#1Liga Alicante 2025 6ª Jornada @ Alicante (Spain)2025-03-29×2
- Battle Of WitsNolan Blackwelder#3Darkside April Monthly @ Darkside Games (Las Vegas, NV)2026-04-12×2
- Battle Of WitsPere Lloret#5Liga Alicante 2025 5ª Jornada @ Alicante (Spain)2025-03-15×2
