<p><strong>Yes, that combo works.</strong></p>
<p>You commit a crime when you successfully target something. For a spell, that happens when the spell has been successfully cast, i.e. after all its costs have been paid. Sacrificing the Miner is a cost of Eaten Alive, so the Miner will be in the graveyard when the crime event happens and its ability will trigger, allowing you to return it to the battlefield.</p>
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<p>601.2h The player pays the total cost. [..]</p>
<p>601.2i Once the steps described in 601.2a–h are completed, effects that modify the characteristics of the spell as it’s cast are applied, then the spell becomes cast.</p>
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<p>700.13. Some cards refer to committing a crime. A player commits a crime <strong>as that player casts a spell</strong>, activates an ability, or puts a triggered ability on the stack and that spell or ability targets at least one opponent;</p>
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2024-12-16T22:20:58.503Z
This is confirmed by Forsaken Miner's first Gatherer ruling.
murgatroid99
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Hackworth
<p>If I sacrifice a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Forsaken%20Miner">Forsaken Miner</a> to a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Eaten%20Alive">Eaten Alive</a> do I get to pay a black to get the miner back? I'm targeting my opponents creature with Eaten Alive.</p>

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I refer you to [your own comment](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/61518/can-steamcore-scholar-discard-two-creatures-with-flying/61519#comment91893_61519).
Philip Kendall
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If I sacrifice a Forsaken Miner to the card Eaten Alive do I get the miner back?
Neil Meyer
# If I sacrifice a Forsaken Miner to the card Eaten Alive do I get the miner back?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-12-16)

If I sacrifice a [Forsaken Miner](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Forsaken%20Miner) to a [Eaten Alive](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Eaten%20Alive) do I get to pay a black to get the miner back? I'm targeting my opponents creature with Eaten Alive.

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I refer you to [your own comment](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/61518/can-steamcore-scholar-discard-two-creatures-with-flying/61519#comment91893_61519).  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-12-16. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

**Yes, that combo works.**

You commit a crime when you successfully target something. For a spell, that happens when the spell has been successfully cast, i.e. after all its costs have been paid. Sacrificing the Miner is a cost of Eaten Alive, so the Miner will be in the graveyard when the crime event happens and its ability will trigger, allowing you to return it to the battlefield.

> 601.2h The player pays the total cost. [..]
>
> 601.2i Once the steps described in 601.2a–h are completed, effects that modify the characteristics of the spell as it’s cast are applied, then the spell becomes cast.

> 700.13. Some cards refer to committing a crime. A player commits a crime **as that player casts a spell**, activates an ability, or puts a triggered ability on the stack and that spell or ability targets at least one opponent;

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: This is confirmed by Forsaken Miner's first Gatherer ruling.  

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