First printed in Kaldheim (2021)
Creature — Angel Berserker
Flying, trample
Pay 3 life: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you had an Angel or Berserker enter the battlefield under your control this turn.
"I won't pollute my blade with your blood, demon. You'll die by your own axe!"
5/3
- Illustrated by
- Victor Adame Minguez
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Ruling (1)
- The Angel or Berserker doesn't have to still be under your control in order to activate Cleaving Reaper's ability. Additionally, the Angel or Berserker could have entered the battlefield under your control at any point in the turn, even before Cleaving Reaper was put into the graveyard.
Prices
Paper price: €0.15 / $0.31 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket and TCGplayer through MTGJSON, 2 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 2 Nov 2026).
Combos
5 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss…: Cleaving Reaper + Faith of the Devoted + Feast of Sanity + Skirge Familiar
- Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite self-discard triggers: Cleaving Reaper + Peace of Mind + Prize Pig
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Cleaving Reaper + Desecrated Tomb + Peace of Mind + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Cleaving Reaper + Peace of Mind + Phyrexian Altar + Tormod, the Desecrator
- Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss…: Cleaving Reaper + Faith of the Devoted + Feast of Sanity + Mind Over Matter