Butcher's Cleaver
Innistrad 217 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad
- Collector number
- 217
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jason Felix
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
Equipped creature gets +3/+0.
As long as equipped creature is a Human, it has lifelink.
Equip 3 generic mana
Outside the safety of Thraben, there is little distinction between tool and weapon.
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 released in 2011 as part of the Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set in a gothic horror-inspired world, the card was designed as an Equipment artifact that reinforces the set's tribal focus on Humans, specifically referencing the aggressive, survivalist nature of the plane's inhabitants who must defend themselves against the encroaching forces of darkness.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Dave Kendall, who utilized a gritty, high-contrast style typical of the Innistrad aesthetic to emphasize the brutal utility of the tool. Within the game's mechanics, the Cleaver provides a significant power boost when wielded by a Human, capturing the flavor of a desperate villager turning an everyday implement into a weapon of war.
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