Launch Party
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #25359
Launch Party destroys any creature and drains the table for 2 life — stapled together at four mana as an instant. The catch is the sacrifice cost, which makes it a two-for-one you control rather than a clean removal spell, so it belongs in decks that want to sacrifice something anyway.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Launch Party is a niche include: the sacrifice requirement is a real cost in a singleton format where your best creatures are your win conditions, but aristocrats and token strategies can turn it into pure upside. Pauper is where Launch Party is most at home — unconditional instant-speed removal at common is genuinely scarce, and the life drain matters in a format where life totals are tight. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's outclassed by cheaper, cleaner removal with no downside, and you'd never reach for it competitively. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: synergy-dependent, not a default include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Launch Party is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not paying for it individually. That price is stable because demand is low and supply is high; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.