This works well alongside the various landfall abilities weve looked at that generate creatures
This Strixhaven elder dragon does a great Urza, Lord High Artificer impression by tapping your Treasures (and other artifacts) for mana without actually sacrificing them, which is great with trickety artifacts and downright diabolical with stax pieces like Winter Orb
The Away is an instant that forces a sacrifice for three mana, one more than Diabolic Edict
Cassandra Truth: In dialogue added in The Ivalice Chronicles , when Agrias calls out Gaffgarion on his betrayal, he considers taking Ovelia's life to be a Mercy Kill, correctly predicting she would just become another pawn in the fight for the throne
The difference is that Craterhoof Behemoth has Haste and gives Trample instead of Flying
Much like Up the Beanstalk of Modern and current Standard fame, Yshtola only cares about the printed cost of a card, not how much you actually pay for it