349 Commander-legal cards are sacrifice outlets. The most-played are Ashnod's Altar, Phyrexian Tower and Viscera Seer (card data dated November 11, 2026).
A sacrifice outlet lets you sacrifice a creature whenever you choose, as the cost of an ability. 349 Commander-legal outlets, most-played first.
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Best sacrifice outlets in Commander
Ranked most-played first, the best sacrifice outlets in Commander are Ashnod's Altar, Phyrexian Tower, Viscera Seer, Phyrexian Altar and Warren Soultrader. Every card on this list is legal in Commander as of the card data dated November 11, 2026.
What these cards do
A sacrifice outlet turns a creature into a resource whenever you choose, as the cost of an activated ability. Ashnod's Altar and Phyrexian Altar give mana, Viscera Seer and Carrion Feeder scry or grow, and Goblin Bombardment and Altar of Dementia deal damage or mill. Aristocrats decks pair them with dies triggers, and any deck uses one to keep a creature's value when removal comes.
They differ in cost and limits. Free outlets such as Ashnod's Altar, Viscera Seer and Goblin Bombardment can be used any number of times, at instant speed; others need mana or a tap, as High Market and Blasting Station do, and Woe Strider and Yahenni, Undying Partisan sacrifice only another creature.
Rules note: a sacrifice cost is paid as the ability is activated, so the creature is already in the graveyard and can't be saved in response; and sacrificing doesn't destroy, so indestructible and regeneration don't stop it.
The list
349 cards in all. The 60 most-played are listed here, each linked to its page with printings, prices and format legality.
Commander-legal cards with an activated ability whose cost sacrifices a creature, or a permanent of a group that includes creatures (a creature or artifact, a nonland permanent), so you choose when to sacrifice. Spells that sacrifice as part of their cost, abilities that sacrifice only the card itself, triggered abilities and effects that make a player sacrifice are not listed. Costs that name only a creature type, such as Skirk Prospector's, are not listed. One entry per card, most-played first.
Built from the card data dated 2026-11-11.
Frequently asked questions
What is a sacrifice outlet in MTG?
A card with an activated ability whose cost includes sacrificing a creature or another permanent. The cost is everything before the colon (rule 602.1a), and to sacrifice a permanent its controller moves it from the battlefield directly to its owner's graveyard (rule 701.21a), so you choose when a creature dies.
Can I sacrifice a creature in response to removal?
Yes. The sacrifice is paid as you activate the ability (rule 602.2b), which you can do whenever you have priority. The removal spell then has an illegal target as it resolves (rule 608.2b), and the creature still died, so its dies abilities trigger (rule 700.4).
Does sacrificing get around indestructible?
Yes. Sacrificing a permanent doesn't destroy it, so indestructible, regeneration and other effects that replace destruction can't stop it (rule 701.21a). An indestructible creature can always be sacrificed to an outlet.
Mana Grove card database, MTGJSON build of November 11, 2026: the rules text, type line and Commander legality of every card on this list, and the deck-inclusion popularity rank behind its order.