The Meathook Massacre
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.
Combos with The Meathook Massacre
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.
- Argothian Elder Wirewood Lodge Forbidden Orchard Infinite
- Infinite creature tokens for opponents
- Infinite death triggers for opponents
- Infinite creature ETB for opponents
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite creature LTB for opponents
- Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Urborg Shambler Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Kaervek, the Spiteful Infinite
- All creatures die upon entering
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Lock
- Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Night of Souls' Betrayal Infinite
- All creatures die upon entering
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Lock
- Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Stronghold Taskmaster Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Crovax, Ascendant Hero Infinite
- All nonwhite creatures die upon entering
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Lock
- Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Heartless Summoning Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Engineered Plague Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2021-09-24
If The Meathook Massacre enters the battlefield and it wasn't cast (or it was cast without paying its mana cost), X will be 0. The first ability will trigger, but it won't be much of a massacre.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes The Meathook Massacre, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aphelia, Viper Whisperer | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel | 1 | 0 | — |
| Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls | 1 | 0 | — |
| Zoraline, Cosmos Caller | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 1 deck
- Golgari 1 deck
- Rakdos 1 deck
- Orzhov 1 deck
Every version of The Meathook Massacre
9 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.

Innistrad Remastered
- Normal
- $24.75
- Foil
- $29.10

Innistrad Remastered
- Normal
- $24.22
- Foil
- $32.49

Showcase
Innistrad Remastered
- Normal
- $36.31
- Foil
- $43.87

The List
- Normal
- $25.14

Inverted
Innistrad: Double Feature
- Normal
- $35.03
- Foil
- $158.73

- Normal
- $24.43
- Foil
- $30.13

Promo
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
- Normal
- $25.57
- Foil
- $25.79

Promo
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
- Foil
- $38.34

Extended Art
- Normal
- $32.53
- Foil
- $34.39
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for The Meathook Massacre — a name search across every version, for 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.