First printed in Eventide (2008)
Hateflayer 
Creature — Elemental
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
, 
: This creature deals damage equal to its power to any target. ( is the untap symbol.)
It has no safe side.
5/5
- Illustrated by
- Thomas M. Baxa
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (4)
- When you activate an ability, you untap the creature with that ability as a cost. The untap can't be responded to. (The actual ability can be responded to, of course.)
- If the permanent is already untapped, you can't activate its ability. That's because you can't pay the "Untap this permanent" cost.
- Wither applies to any damage Hateflayer deals to a creature, which includes both its combat damage and damage from its activated ability.
- The "summoning sickness" rule applies to . If a creature with an ability hasn't been under your control since your most recent turn began, you can't activate that ability. Ignore this rule if the creature also has haste.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
Combos
24 combos, the most popular first:
- Target opponent loses the game: Hateflayer + Mairsil, the Pretender + Tree of Perdition
- Infinite damage: Biomancer's Familiar + Hateflayer + Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
- Infinite -1/-1 counters, Infinite damage: Agatha of the Vile Cauldron + Hateflayer + Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
- Infinite damage: Hateflayer + Tazri, Stalwart Survivor + Zirda, the Dawnwaker
- Infinite damage: Hateflayer + Tazri, Stalwart Survivor + Training Grounds
- Infinite damage: Hateflayer + Paradise Mantle + Zirda, the Dawnwaker
- Infinite -1/-1 counters, Infinite damage: Agatha of the Vile Cauldron + Cryptolith Rite + Hateflayer
- Infinite -1/-1 counters, Infinite damage: Agatha of the Vile Cauldron + Hateflayer + Paradise Mantle
- Infinite damage: Cryptolith Rite + Hateflayer + Training Grounds
- Infinite damage: Cryptolith Rite + Hateflayer + Zirda, the Dawnwaker
