Cleaver Blow
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #542 · Rare · Instant
Mana cost: {1}{B}
Multicleave {1} (You may pay an additional {1} any number of times as you cast this spell. For each time you do, choose a paired set of square brackets and remove the words in between.)
Destroy target [nonblack] creature [with mana value 3 or less] [an opponent controls]. You [and its controller each] draw a card [and lose 2 life]. Create a [tapped] 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Illustrated by Drew Moss · Released August 2, 2024
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.18 USD · €0.25 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.02 USD (10.0%) to $0.18 USD; low $0.18 USD, high $0.20 USD.
Printings
- Mystery Booster 2 #542 (this printing) · Rare · 2024 · $0.18 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Not legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Not legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Not legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Not legal
- Duel: Not legal
Rulings
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — There are 64 different ways to cast Cleaver Blow using its multicleave ability.
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — Playtest cards use a modified version of game symbols, such as {T} and {W}. These modified symbols should be treated as the standard symbols during play.
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — If you paid Cleaver Blow’s multicleave cost, that spell doesn’t have any of the text in the chosen set (or sets, as appropriate) of square brackets while it’s on the stack.
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — Playtest cards aren’t legal for play in any tournament format other than Mystery Booster Limited formats. On the other hand, we expect they will spice up a wide variety of non-tournament games (as long as everyone’s on the same page about using them!).
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — Multicleave is an optional additional cost.