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Slaughter
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ExodusEXO · #74
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 2.79 € · 4.63 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Buyback—Pay 4 life. (You may pay 4 life in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Pete Venters
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1998-06-15
Rulings
You can’t pay the buyback if you have less than 4 life, even if an effect would keep you from losing for having 0 or less life.