Bone-Cairn Butcher

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Bone-Cairn Butcher: Creature - Demon, Tarkir: Dragonstorm. Mobilize 2. Attacking tokens you control have deathtouch. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{R}{W}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Demon
Colour identity
White, black and red (WBR)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
173
Artist
David Palumbo
Commander rank
4,441 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Mobilize

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About Bone-Cairn Butcher

Bone-Cairn Butcher is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white, black and red creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), an expansion set released in April 2025. It is collector number 173 in that set, with art by David Palumbo. It costs {1}{R}{W}{B} (one generic, one white, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is white, black and red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Tarkir: Dragonstorm is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Mobilize 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, create two tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.)

Attacking tokens you control have deathtouch.

In power, in hunger, in cruelty-insatiable.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Bone-Cairn Butcher by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Bone-Cairn Butcher, newest first.

  • Although the Warrior tokens enter as attacking creatures, they were never declared as attacking creatures. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won’t trigger when the tokens enter attacking.
  • You choose the player, planeswalker, or battle each Warrior token is attacking. They don’t all have to attack the same one, and they don’t have to attack the same player, planeswalker, or battle as the creature with mobilize.

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