Some of the best sacrificial outlets currently legal in Magic: The Gathering 's Standard format for Nine-Lives Familiar include: Beseech the Mirror, which can let players sacrifice the Familiar and then put into play one of the other sacrificial outlets to finish the combo Immersturm Predator, which can generate an infinite sacrifice loop Back For Seconds, which allows for a sacrifice and can also bring back other creatures from the graveyard Disturbing Mirth, which allows for one sacrifice, but only costs two mana Sawblade Skinripper, which allows for multiple sacrifices and also deals additional damage to the opponent Corrupted Conviction, which only costs one mana, allows for one sacrifice, and also draws two cards OpenCritic Reviews Top Critic Avg: 82 /100 Critics Rec: 82% Released September 27, 2018 ESRB T for Teen // Blood and Gore, Mild Fantasy Violence Developer(s) Wizards of the Coast, Wizards Digital Games Studios Publisher(s) Wizards of the Coast Engine Unity Multiplayer Online Multiplayer Franchise Magic: The Gathering Genre(s) Digital Card Game

Paying life to target your permanents is a tax many decks cannot afford repeatedly
Jokulhaups Jokulhaups is the cheaper and harder-to-pronounce version of Obliterate, which charges you 2 extra mana to dodge counterspells
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further, Shambling Ghoul enters the battlefield tapped, so we want to be careful about counting on blocking too much
Your copy would essentially be stranded in your hand in this situation