Saw in Half
Saw in Half: Instant, Bloomburrow Commander. Destroy target creature. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Bloomburrow Commander (BLC)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 113
- Artist
- Alexander Mokhov
- Commander rank
- 584 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Saw in Half
Saw in Half is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black instant from Bloomburrow Commander (BLC), a Commander product released in August 2024. It is collector number 113 in that set, with art by Alexander Mokhov. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Unfinity (2022) to Marvel Universe (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Destroy target creature. If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their power is half that creature's power and their toughness is half that creature's toughness. Round up each time.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.26 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Saw in Half by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Saw in Half
Saw in Half has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Universe (MAR) #21 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet (OMB) #21 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1755 | Rare | 2025 |
| Unfinity (UNF) #374 | Rare | 2022 |
| Unfinity (UNF) #88 | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Saw in Half, newest first.
- Use the power and toughness of the creature from when it was last on the battlefield to determine the power and toughness of the tokens.
- If the copied creature had {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- If the creature isn't destroyed (perhaps because it has indestructible), its controller doesn't create any tokens. The same is true if the creature is destroyed but instead of going to its owner's graveyard, a replacement effect moves it elsewhere, such as exile.
- If the copied creature was copying something else, then the tokens enter the battlefield as whatever that creature copied, with the listed exceptions.
- Except for power and toughness, the tokens copy exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature was copying something else or it's a token; see below). They don't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, and so on.
- If the copied creature was a token, the new tokens copy the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token, with the listed exceptions.
- If the original creature had a characteristic-defining ability that determined its power and/or toughness, that ability is not copied.
- Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the tokens enter the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.
Similar cards
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Saw in Half is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.