Because targets are chosen before costs are paid, you can activate Skirsdag Flayer’s ability targeting itself and then sacrifice Skirsdag Flayer to pay the cost.
22-01-2011
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You can sacrifice any Human you control, including Skirsdag Flayer itself.
Random a card of Magic: The Gathering (MTG), but you can also roll the D20 dice, random a Planeswalker, have fun with the random rules and more.
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, Sacrifice a Human: Destroy target creature.
Austin Hsu2012-02-03
