Butcher of Malakir
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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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
Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghoulcaller Gisa | 1 | 1 | — |
| The Mycotyrant | 1 | 1 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 1 deck
- Golgari 1 deck
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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.
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- $3.19
- Foil
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- Normal
- $4.91
- Foil
- $4.22
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- Normal
- $0.32
The List
- Normal
- $0.34
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Normal
- $0.44
- Normal
- $0.37
- Normal
- $0.36
Commander Anthology Volume II
- Normal
- $0.37
Commander 2017
- Normal
- $0.50
Commander Anthology
- Normal
- $0.38
Commander 2015
- Normal
- $0.41
Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi
- Normal
- $0.39
Commander 2014
- Normal
- $0.36
Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt
- Normal
- $0.36
Commander 2011
- Normal
- $0.35
Worldwake
- Normal
- $0.46
- Foil
- $4.87
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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.