Consecrate // Consume

Strategy & Gameplay

This versatile modal instant-sorcery hybrid from Ravnica Allegiance offers incredible flexibility across multiple formats by providing two distinct effects that can address different game situations depending on your needs. The front half, Consecrate, costs just one generic and one white or black mana as an instant, allowing you to respond to threats at instant speed by removing target enchantment from the battlefield while simultaneously gaining two life points. This efficiency makes it an excellent tool against enchantment-heavy strategies, particularly in formats where cards like Uro or other problematic permanents dominate the metagame. The back half, Consume, requires two generic mana plus one white and one black mana as a sorcery-speed effect that destroys target creature or enchantment while draining each opponent for two life, providing both removal and incremental damage that can be crucial in longer games. The card slots naturally into Orzhov (white-black) control decks, midrange strategies, and token-focused archetypes that value removal efficiency. Its broad legality across historic, pioneer, modern, legacy, commander and multiple other formats makes it an excellent investment for players with expanding collections. The flexibility of instant-speed enchantment removal combined with the option to run the sorcery speed versatile destruction effect makes this a pragmatic inclusion in any deck looking for efficient answers to multiple permanent types while managing life totals effectively.