<p>No. Card text that instructs you to perform an action is telling you to perform that action <strong>for this card</strong>. Other similar actions you could take just because don't apply.</p>

<p>Consider the example of two <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=247417" rel="nofollow">Propagandas</a> on the field: paying (2) to satisfy one of them does not "pay off" the other.</p>

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2011-12-30T18:31:07.020Z
2011-12-30T18:31:07.020Z
Alex P
<p>No.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx?x=magic/rules">Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules</a>:</p>

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  <p>117.10. Each payment of a cost applies to only one spell, ability, or effect. For example, a player can't sacrifice just one creature to activate the activated abilities of two permanents that each require sacrificing a creature as a cost. Also, the resolution of a spell or ability doesn't pay another spell or ability's cost, even if part of its effect is doing the same thing the other cost asks for.</p>
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2011-12-30T18:37:30.007Z
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ghoppe
<p>I asked a general question about <a href="https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/5892/can-you-claim-a-double-sacrifice-bonus/">double sacrifice bonus</a>, but thought it better to ask a specific question. If a creature has a "Sacrifice this creature for X" ability, can you sacrifice it for that ability and satisfy the requirement of the <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bEldrazi%20Monument%5d">Eldrazi Monument</a> with the same sacrifice (assuming it is done during the upkeep)?</p>

<p><strong>Oracle Text</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>Creatures you control get +1/+1, have flying, and are indestructible.</li>
<li>At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. If you can't, sacrifice Eldrazi Monument.</li>
</ul>

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2012-10-26T21:23:46.337Z
A lot of cards are worded to avoid this ambiguity. Instead of `If you can't...` they will say `If no creature was sacrificed in this way...`
corsiKa
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Can a creature's sacrifice benefit be taken when it is sacrificed to Eldrazi Monument?
Jim McKeeth
# Can a creature's sacrifice benefit be taken when it is sacrificed to Eldrazi Monument?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-12-30)

I asked a general question about [double sacrifice bonus](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/5892/can-you-claim-a-double-sacrifice-bonus/), but thought it better to ask a specific question. If a creature has a "Sacrifice this creature for X" ability, can you sacrifice it for that ability and satisfy the requirement of the [Eldrazi Monument](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bEldrazi%20Monument%5d) with the same sacrifice (assuming it is done during the upkeep)?

**Oracle Text**:

* Creatures you control get +1/+1, have flying, and are indestructible.
* At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. If you can't, sacrifice Eldrazi Monument.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: A lot of cards are worded to avoid this ambiguity. Instead of `If you can't...` they will say `If no creature was sacrificed in this way...`  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2011-12-30. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

No.

[Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules](http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx?x=magic/rules):

> 117.10. Each payment of a cost applies to only one spell, ability, or effect. For example, a player can't sacrifice just one creature to activate the activated abilities of two permanents that each require sacrificing a creature as a cost. Also, the resolution of a spell or ability doesn't pay another spell or ability's cost, even if part of its effect is doing the same thing the other cost asks for.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2011-12-30. Score: 4

No. Card text that instructs you to perform an action is telling you to perform that action **for this card**. Other similar actions you could take just because don't apply.

Consider the example of two [Propagandas](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=247417) on the field: paying (2) to satisfy one of them does not "pay off" the other.


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