Slaughter the Strong
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Rivals of Ixalan PromosPRIX · #22p
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.53 € · ★ 0.10 € · 2.34 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
Each player chooses any number of creatures they control with total power 4 or less, then sacrifices all other creatures they control.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Randy Vargas
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2018-01-19
Flavour text
"Cut the beasts out from under them and their strength is nothing." —Vona of Iedo, Butcher of Magan
Rulings
As Slaughter the Strong resolves, first the player whose turn it is chooses which creatures will be spared, then each other player in turn order does the same knowing the choices made before them. Then all the creatures not chosen are sacrificed simultaneously.
If a creature's power is somehow less than 0, it subtracts from the total power of the other creatures its controller chooses. This can cause creatures with power 5 or greater to survive.
Slaughter the Strong has each player choose any number of creatures and then checks that the total power of creatures each player chose this way is 4 or less. For example, you could save two 2/2 creatures, or a 1/1 and a 3/3 creature, but not all four of those creatures.
