Cleaver Blow
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
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Oracle Text
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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- November 8, 2024
There are 64 different ways to cast Cleaver Blow using its multicleave ability.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
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.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
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.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
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.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
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!).
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
Multicleave is an optional additional cost.
Source: wotc
Price History
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