Plunge into Darkness

Text:

Choose one —
• Sacrifice any number of creatures. You gain 3 life for each sacrificed creature.
• Pay X life, then look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and exile the rest.
Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Rulings:

• 12/1/2004 Everything other than the mode/entwine choice (and paying the <img src="/Handlers/Image.ashx?size=small&amp;name=1&amp;type=symbol" alt="1" align="absbottom" /><img src="/Handlers/Image.ashx?size=small&amp;name=B&amp;type=symbol" alt="Black" align="absbottom" />, of course) is done on resolution.
• 12/1/2004 Assuming the entwine cost has been paid, the effect is (1) sacrifice any number of creatures, (2) gain 3 life for each sacrificed creature, (3) choose X, (4) pay X life, and (5) look at the top X cards of your library, put one into your hand, and exile the rest.