Slaughter Cry
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ZendikarZEN · #149
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.03 € · ★ 0.13 € · 0.14 $ · ★ 0.15 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Matt Cavotta
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2009-10-02
Flavour text
"Since when did 'AIIIEEEE!' become a negotiation tactic?" —Nikou, Joraga bard
Rulings
If a creature doesn’t have first strike, granting it first strike after combat damage has been dealt in the first combat damage step won’t prevent it from dealing combat damage. It will still assign and deal its combat damage in the second combat damage step.
