Hatred

Instant, 3BB (5)
As an additional cost to play Hatred, pay any amount of life.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of life paid this way.¹
"I will flay the skin from your flesh and the flesh from your bones and scrape your bones dry. And still you will not have suffered enough." -Greven il-Vec, to Gerrard
Illus. Brom

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

• The life payment is part of the play cost, so it is lost if this spell is countered. [Barclay 1998/06/10]

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (1/6)	Exodus (Rare)