Infernal Offering
Sorcery
Choose an opponent. You and that player each sacrifice a creature. Each player who sacrificed a creature this way draws two cards.
Choose an opponent. Return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then that player returns a creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2014
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #12335
Infernal Offering lets you sacrifice a creature to reanimate one from your graveyard — and then forces an opponent to do the same, generating card advantage while disrupting a board state, all for five mana at sorcery speed. That's a meaningful amount of work for one card, but the five-mana cost is real and the sorcery speed means you're telegraphing it; in slower, grindier decks like Breena, the Demagogue, the political dimension of forcing an opponent's sacrifice often justifies the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Breena, the Demagogue
Breena, the Demagogue thrives on political deal-making and incremental card advantage, and Infernal Offering fits both axes — the forced opponent sacrifice doubles as a removal spell while the reanimation refuels Breena's attack-triggers engine.
Shadrix Silverquill
Shadrix Silverquill plays a give-and-take political game where controlling what opponents receive matters, and Infernal Offering's symmetrical sacrifice clause gives Shadrix pilots a way to clear a threatening creature while rebuying a key piece from the bin.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Infernal Offering is a Commander card through and through — the political angle of forcing an opponent's sacrifice only generates real value in a multiplayer pod where table dynamics can be leveraged. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, five-mana sorceries that don't win the game on the spot simply don't compete, and the reanimation targets worth cheating out have far cheaper and more powerful enablers available. Oathbreaker is the one other format where the multiplayer framing gives it a sliver of relevance, though the tighter card restrictions there often mean better options exist. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Infernal Offering is firmly bulk — this is a pickup that costs less than a sleeve. Bulk rares at this price point rarely move unless a commander breaks into mainstream popularity, so don't expect appreciation, but there's zero financial risk in grabbing a copy for a political-sacrifice build.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.