First printed in Eldritch Moon (2016)
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +3/+1 and must be blocked by an Eldrazi if able.
Equip
"Don't stop chopping until the pieces stop wiggling."
—Rem Karolus, Slayer of Eldrazi
- Illustrated by
- Daniel Ljunggren
Slayer's Cleaver legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (4)
- If each Eldrazi that could block the equipped creature is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can’t block, then none of them block. If there’s a cost associated with having each of those creatures block, its controller isn’t forced to pay the cost, so they don’t have to block in that case either.
- The defending player, not the attacking player, chooses which Eldrazi blocks the equipped creature.
- One creature equipped with multiple Slayer’s Cleavers only requires a single Eldrazi to block it.
- Only one Eldrazi is required to block the equipped creature. Other Eldrazi and non-Eldrazi creatures may also block that creature, and are free to block other creatures or not block at all.
Prices
Paper price: €0.04 / $0.06 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 10 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 10 Nov 2026).