First printed in Nemesis (2000)

All 4 prints

The List (PLST) #NEM-58, 2024
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #9991, 2024
Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #A44, 2010 (digital)
Nemesis (NEM) #58, 2000

Massacre

Sorcery

If an opponent controls a Plains and you control a Swamp, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

In the last 30 days 15.0% of Legacy decks played it (161 of 1071). Most played in UBG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.5% of Commander decks played it (29 of 6150). Most played in Kefka, Court Mage.

Staple

Legacy staples: sideboard, 11% of decks (#19)
Black, Sorceries, Removal, Creature removal, Board wipes
Duel Commander staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#653)
Black, Sorceries, Removal, Creature removal, Board wipes

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Legacy Other periods →

In 161 of 1071 decks (15.0%).

Share of decks

15.0%

▲ 3.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

161

0 main, 161 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

21 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UBG (unclassified)	6.0%	88%
Doomsday	5.7%	2%
Dimir Midrange	4.9%	91%
Dimir Tempo	3.5%	84%
Storm	3.2%	3%
Reanimator	2.3%	36%
BG (unclassified)	1.7%	6%
Golgari Cradle	1.3%	7%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Dimir Midrange boytriton in Legacy Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Dimir Midrange IDontNeedAName in Legacy Challenge 32	7-1 88%
Dimir Midrange Oceansoul92 in Legacy Challenge 32	6-1 86%
UBG KurumimBagoRosa in Legacy Challenge 32	6-1 86%
Mono-Black Andrew McCauley in BCDL 29 - Texas	5-1 83%
Dimir Tempo Zhiwei Zhang in From The Vault: Legacy 36 $1K	5-1 83%
UBG stormstorm in Legacy Showcase Challenge	7-2 78%
UBG yourbunnywr0te in Legacy Challenge 32	7-2 78%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UBG Sev123, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0
UBG ThreeApes1312, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0
Dimir Midrange Oceansoul92, 27 Oct	2 side	#5 6-1
UBG 416FrowningTable, 27 Oct	2 side	#8 4-3
Dimir Midrange kentaro_hokori, 27 Oct	1 side	#11 4-2
UBG Aced5, 27 Oct	2 side	#19 3-3
UBG luvadepedreiro, 27 Oct	2 side	#25 2-3
Dimir Midrange stu909090, 27 Oct	1 side	#30 2-3

Commander Other periods →

In 29 of 6150 decks (0.5%).

Share of decks

0.5%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

29 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

34%

8 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Kefka, Court Mage	1.0%	2%
Glarb, Calamity's Augur	0.6%	28%
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist	0.6%	14%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	0.6%	6%
Jace, Multiverse Architect	0.3%	13%
Talion, the Kindly Lord	0.2%	17%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools	0.1%	20%
Baron Helmut Zemo	0.1%	25%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Dark Ritual	100%	2.5
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Vampiric Tutor	97%	2.0
Mox Diamond	97%	1.1
Chrome Mox	97%	1.1
Lotus Petal	97%	1.0
Gemstone Caverns	97%	1.0
Demonic Tutor	93%	2.0
Polluted Delta	93%	1.3
Imperial Seal	90%	2.4

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Baron Helmut Zemo Alejandro "Pro" Proestakis in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede Antofagasta	3-2 60%
Lazav, the Multifarious Justin Rivas in Day 2 Cedh Showdown For a Revised Tundra or Bayou	2-3 40%
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Baker in Land, Go: Sunshine Showdown $10k+ cEDH	2-5 29%
Jace, Multiverse Architect Corey in Oahu Commander Invitational Qualifier Ser4S3W2	1-4 20%
Glarb, Calamity's Augur Thomas Dobert in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Glarb, Calamity's Augur Tommaso Morosi, 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
Glarb, Calamity's Augur Chris Reitzel, 24 Oct	1 main	#39 0-4
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Bradford Bodley, 24 Oct	1 main	#12 1-2
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools Syang, 24 Oct	1 main	#61 0-4
Talion, the Kindly Lord Jason Posey, 24 Oct	1 main	#7 2-2
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Jonathon Burbie, 24 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
Glarb, Calamity's Augur Cayden Billings, 24 Oct	1 main	#35 0-2
Jace, Multiverse Architect Corey, 19 Oct	1 main	#11 1-4

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 80 decks (2.5%).

Share of decks

2.5%

▼ 1.6 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WUB (unclassified)	11.3%	22%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WUB Professor-Rex, 28 Oct	1 main	5-0
WUB Professor-Rex, 21 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Vintage, Premodern.