Savage Beating
Savage Beating: Instant, Commander Masters. Cast this spell only during combat on your turn. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 252
- Artist
- Matt Thompson
- Commander rank
- 2,939 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Entwine
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About Savage Beating
Savage Beating is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare red instant from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 252 in that set, with art by Matt Thompson. It costs {3}{R}{R} (three generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Darksteel (2004) to Marvel Universe (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $9.59 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Cast this spell only during combat on your turn.
Choose one -
• Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn.
• Untap all creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Entwine {1}{R} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $9.59 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Savage Beating by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Savage Beating
Savage Beating has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Universe (MAR) #26 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet (OMB) #26 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #548 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Darksteel (DST) #67 | Rare | 2004 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Savage Beating.
- The additional combat phase is directly after the combat phase in which Savage Beating is cast. There isn't a main phase between the two combat phases.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Savage Beating.