Sever the Bloodline

Card text

Exile target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature.

Flashback {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Sever the Bloodline by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Sever the Bloodline

Sever the Bloodline has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Sever the Bloodline, newest first.

• 2025-01-24 Sever the Bloodline has only one target. Other creatures with the same name will be exiled even if they have hexproof or protection.
• 2025-01-24 If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Sever the Bloodline tries to resolve, the spell won’t resolve. You won’t exile any creatures at all.
• 2025-01-24 Unless a token is a copy of another permanent or was explicitly given a name by the effect that created it, its name is the subtypes it was given when it was created plus the word “Token.” For example, if an effect creates a 1/1 Soldier creature token, that token is named “Soldier Token.”
• 2022-06-10 Unless a token is a copy of another permanent or was explicitly given a name by the effect that created it, its name is the subtypes it was given when it was created plus the word "Token." For example, if an effect creates a 1/1 Soldier creature token, that token is named "Soldier Token."
• 2021-03-19 To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
• 2021-03-19 If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
• 2021-03-19 You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
• 2021-03-19 "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."

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