Butcher's Cleaver
Innistrad Remastered 256 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Collector number
- 256
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Johann Bodin
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
Equipped creature gets +3/+0.
As long as equipped creature is a Human, it has lifelink.
Equip 3 generic mana
Meat is meat.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Butcher's Cleaver was originally introduced in the 2011 Magic: The Gathering set Innistrad, designed to evoke the gothic horror atmosphere of a world plagued by monsters. Mechanically, the equipment card is designed to represent the brutal utility of a weapon wielded by a human survivor against the supernatural threats of the plane, granting a power boost and lifelink to its wielder, provided that creature is a human. This thematic synergy reinforces the set's central tension between frail humanity and the terrors that stalk them in the darkness.
The artwork for the card features a stark, visceral depiction of the heavy blade, emphasizing the grounded, gritty aesthetic that defined the original Innistrad block. Illustrated by artist Wayne Reynolds, the piece captures the frantic, desperate combat style associated with the set's humans. In the context of the 2025 Innistrad Remastered set, this inclusion serves as a nostalgic callback to the early days of the Innistrad narrative, appearing with the updated frame and collector numbering consistent with modern reprints while maintaining its original mechanical identity.
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