Butcher of Malakir
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Combos with Butcher of Malakir
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Glissa, the Traitor Ashnod's Altar Myr Moonvessel Infinite
- Near-infinite colorless mana
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
- Glissa, the Traitor Phyrexian Altar Myr Moonvessel Infinite
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
- Glissa, the Traitor Krark-Clan Ironworks Myr Moonvessel Infinite
- Near-infinite colorless mana
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
- Glissa, the Traitor Altar of Dementia Myr Moonvessel Infinite
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite mill
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite self-mill
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
- Glissa, the Traitor Ashnod's Altar Memnite Infinite
- Near-infinite colorless mana
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
- Glissa, the Traitor Phyrexian Altar Memnite Infinite
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
- Glissa, the Traitor Krark-Clan Ironworks Memnite Infinite
- Near-infinite colorless mana
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
- Glissa, the Traitor Altar of Dementia Memnite Infinite
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite mill
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite self-mill
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2010-03-01
If you and an opponent each control a Butcher of Malakir and a creature is put into a graveyard, a chain reaction happens. First the ability of one player's Butcher will trigger, causing each opponent to sacrifice a creature. That sacrifice causes the ability of the other player's Butcher to trigger, and so on.
- 2010-03-01
If multiple creatures you control (possibly including Butcher of Malakir itself) are put into their owners' graveyards at the same time, Butcher of Malakir's triggered ability will trigger that many times.
- 2010-03-01
When the triggered ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is (if that player is an opponent) chooses which creature they will sacrifice, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, then all chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.
- 2010-03-01
If you control more than one Butcher of Malakir and a creature you control is put into a graveyard, each of those Butchers' abilities will trigger. Each opponent will sacrifice a creature each time one of those abilities resolves.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Butcher of Malakir, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mycotyrant | 1 | 2 | — |
| Ghoulcaller Gisa | 1 | 1 | — |
| Clavileño, First of the Blessed | 1 | 0 | — |
| Karador, Ghost Chieftain | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 2 decks
- Golgari 1 deck
- Orzhov 1 deck
- Abzan 1 deck
Butcher of Malakir price history
The The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #187 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.39 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.39 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.41 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.40 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.36 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Butcher of Malakir
16 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Inverted
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $3.35
- Foil
- $3.55
Inverted
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $4.96
- Foil
- $4.90
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Normal
- $0.36
- Normal
- $0.30
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Normal
- $0.39
- Normal
- $0.35
- Normal
- $0.39
- Normal
- $0.40
- Normal
- $0.46
- Normal
- $0.40
- Normal
- $0.36
Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi
- Normal
- $0.40
- Normal
- $0.33
Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt
- Normal
- $0.45
- Normal
- $0.53
- Normal
- $0.47
- Foil
- $4.87
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Butcher of Malakir. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
