Butcher's Cleaver
Innistrad Remastered 440 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Collector number
- 440
- 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 reflect the set's gothic horror themes and focus on equipment that empowers human creatures. The card serves as a mechanical representation of the set's emphasis on tribal synergy, specifically bolstering the Human creature type through its equip cost and power-boosting ability, which evokes the visceral, rustic nature of the plane's monster-hunting inhabitants.
The art for the card, rendered by illustrator Volkan Baga, captures a gritty, functional aesthetic consistent with the set's darker visual direction. By focusing on the weapon's heavy, utilitarian appearance, Baga reinforces the desperate, survivalist tone of Innistrad. The version included in Innistrad Remastered, released in 2025, utilizes the original illustrative style while updating the card frame to fit the aesthetics of the modern compiled set, maintaining the item's role as a staple piece of equipment for limited play environments.
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